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IT Stocks Outlook for the week - 22.07.2013 to 26.07.2013

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Stocks  of major information technology companies are seen up over the next few trading sessions as the sentiment is upbeat after the top two companies -- Infosys Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services Ltd -- reported better than expected Apr-Jun results.  After Infosys' strong show last week, sector bellwether TCS beat Street estimates by posting a 5.5% quarter-on-quarter rise in consolidated net profit in Apr-Jun on the back of highest volume growth in the past seven quarter and a strong performance of overseas business. For the first quarter of 2013-14 (Apr-Mar), the Tata Group company reported consolidated net profit of 37.96 bln rupees and consolidated net sales of 179.87 bln rupees, up 9.5% sequentially.

 Even mid-tier software services provider MindTree reported a 71.5% quarter-on-quarter rise in net profit in Apr-Jun at 1.35 bln rupees. Its income from operations in Apr-Jun stood at 6.48 bln rupees, up around 6% on quarter. Hexaware Technologies too beat market estimate when it reported a 23.5% quarter on quarter rise in Apr-Jun consolidated net profit at 979.0 mln rupees, on improved margins. The Indian software exporter's consolidated revenue stood at 5.36 bln rupees, up 5.7% from a quarter earlier. We are now await the results of the remaining two IT majors, Wipro and HCL Technologies, whose results will be announced over the next two weeks.