Information Technology czar Infosys Technologies on Thursday took a hit on Dalal Street, plunging nearly four per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange after the company's third quarter earnings failed to meet the market expectations.
The IT bellwether's consolidated Q3 net profit grew 14.17 per cent to Rs 1,780 crore against Rs 1,559 crore in the last quarter.
"An over 14 per cent jump in the third quarter by Infosys was below the market expectations... The street was hoping a growth of 16-17 per cent," Stock Broking Head of Institutional Business Prakash Diwan said.
Reacting sharply to the below expectation numbers, Infosys dipped 3.70 per cent on Bombay Stock Exchange to Rs 3,250 a share.
The stock was the top loser among the frontline scrips in the Sensex. It witnessed a similar downslide on the National Stock Exchange where it slid 3.76 per cent to Rs 3,250.
Meanwhile, the decline in Infosys share plagued the movement of the BSE key index Sensex, which was quoting at 19,407.81, down 126.29 points at 10 am.
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