Shares of information technology (IT) companies were in focus with the Nifty IT and S&P BSE IT index gaining more than 2% in an otherwise range-bound market.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, HCL Technologies, Tata Elxsi, Hexaware Technologies and Tech Mahindra were up in the range of 2% to 6%.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) applied for only a third of the H-1B work visas this year compared to 2015, helped by increased hiring from engineering campuses and B-schools in the US.

The move comes at a time when the Indian IT companies are confronted by closer scrutiny and tighter visa norms in the US, a market that accounts for nearly 60 per cent of India's IT exports.

Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT firm, offered a more than 31 per cent hike in remuneration to its key managers at a time when the rest of the company's employees received average salary increase of around 10 per cent.

The IT services major declared its the performance-based hike in remuneration for the last financial year, the firm said in in its annual report for fiscal 2017.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) moved higher by 2% to Rs 2,612 in intra-day trade, extending its Wednesday’s 1.5% gain on the BSE. The stock is trading at its highest level since August 19, 2016.

Thus far in the month of May, TCS has outperformed the market by surging 15% as compared to 1.9% rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Country's fourth largest software services firm HCL Technologies today said it will buyback shares at Rs 1,000 apiece, a 17 per cent premium over current trading price.

The company is proposing an offer for buyback of equity shares for cash at a price of Rs 1,000 per equity shares on a proportionate basis through tender offer process, HCL Technologies said in a regulatory filing.

Mumbai, May 15: The Rs 16,000-crore buyback offer of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the country's largest software services firm, will start on May 18.

The buyback programme, which received shareholder approval last month, will remain open till May 31, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Country's largest software services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) will commence its Rs 16,000-crore mega buyback offer from May 18.

The buyback programme, which received shareholder approval last month, will open on May 18 and close on May 31, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Just six months ago, Indian companies and policy makers were grappling with a record-low exchange rate. Now, the rupee’s unexpected rebound is causing fresh problems. While the currency’s 5.6 percent jump against the dollar so far this year will help tamp down inflation, it’s posing a challenge for the earnings of India’s exporters. For information technology and drug companies already contending with an American clampdown on working visas and a wave of unfavorable inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it’s another headache.

Head Hunters India, an executive search firm, today termed the Infosys' move to hire 10,000 Americans as an act to 'appease' US President Donald Trump's administration which has tightened the rules of H-1B visa programme to stop its 'abuse'.

Head Hunters India Founder-Chairman and Managing Director K Lakshmikanth also said local hiring in the US was very costly and would lead to offshore job cuts in India.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday filed its draft letter of offer with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to buy back its shares for an amount of Rs 16,000 crore. TCS, the largest Indian IT firm, proposes to repurchase 5.61 crore shares at a price of `2,850 apiece and has set March 8, 2017, as the record date to decide eligible shareholders. The offer represents 2.85% of the total paid-up equity share capital of the company. The offer is 25% higher than the closing price of the stock of Rs 2,272.10 on Friday on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

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