Infosys, the country’s second largest software services exporter, reported double-digit revenue growth for the fourth consecutive quarter on Friday, with revenues growing by 9.9% year-on-year in dollar terms and 11.4% in constant currency in the September quarter. Infy’s performance is in stark contrast to its larger peer Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), which reported weak numbers for the second consecutive quarter.

Infosys may further upgrade its revenue guidance for the financial year 2019-20 (FY20) when it releases its September quarter (July-September) results on Friday. The Bengaluru-headquartered IT company, as per analysts, remains on a firm footing given the recent deal momentum, strong positioning in clients and favourable arithmetic (revised guidance implies a 1-2 per cent compounded quarterly growth rate through Q2-Q4FY20) – hence creating the room for more upgrades.

As many as 17 Indian companies, including Infosys, TCS and HDFC, have been named in the list of World’s Best Regarded Companies compiled by Forbes. IT major Infosys has been ranked third in the list of World’s Best Regarded Companies, along with global payments technology company Visa and Italian car-maker Ferrari on the first and second position, respectively. Infosys jumped to the third spot from 31st position in 2018. “Infosys’ leading position headlined an Asian invasion in the rankings,” Forbes said.

Bengaluru: Infosys Ltd, India’s second-largest software exporter by revenue, aims to reduce its high attrition levels with skilling programmes and other compensation-based incentives.

The attrition rate at Infosys was at 23.4% in April-June, up 3% from 20.4% in the previous quarter ended March.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Friday constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan (pictured) to study issues related to non-personal data and suggest how the government should look at regulating it.

“There is a growing trend towards platformisation of the digital economy, and in such a platform economy, data could play a critical role as a community or public resource,” the ministry said.

IT major Infosys has bought back 11.05 crore of its shares under its Rs 8,260-crore buyback offer that began in March this year.

"...The company bought back 11,05,19,266 equity shares at an average price of Rs 747.38 per equity share; and deployed an amount of Rs 82,59,99,99,430.03 deploying 99.999999 per cent of the maximum buyback size (excluding transaction costs)...till August 26," Infosys said in a regulatory filing on late Monday night.

The country’s second-largest IT services firm Infosys has scope for further revision of its revenue guidance for the ongoing fiscal on the back of a strong deal pipeline.

In a note, ICICI Securities said despite talk of a slowdown, macroeconomic factors have not adversely affected the decision making process of its clients.

Top information technology companies such as TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and HCL have told the government that China remains a difficult market to do business in, despite the fact that they have been present in the world’s third-largest IT services market for over a decade now.

In a meeting with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal late on Wednesday, the top executives of these companies said market access in China is a nagging issue, thanks to various non-tariff barriers employed by Beijing.

Shares of Infosys rose 7.2 per cent to end at Rs 780, an all-time high, after the firm raised revenue growth forecast for FY20.

Most analysts have raised their 12-month price target for the stock, hoping for increased payouts to shareholders. Analysts, however, say rising employee attrition remains a key risks, given the strong demand. Citibank said the valuation gap between Infosys and TCS would narrow further.

Shares of IT bellwether Infosys rallied as much as 5.48 per cent in the opening deals on Monday after it reported healthy set of numbers for the March quarter (April-June) of the financial year 2019-20 (FY20).

At 09:37 am, the stock was trading 4.29 per cent higher at Rs 758 apiece on the BSE. Other IT stocks, too, gained in the trade lifting the Nifty IT index 1.52 per cent higher at 15,459 levels.

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