New Delhi: Shares of Wipro on Wednesday surrendered their early gains and fell 0.80% after the company offered a muted outlook while announcing its March quarter earnings.
The stock had opened on a positive note and gained nearly 4%, but later closed down 0.80% to Rs490.60.
At NSE, shares of the company closed down 1.01% at Rs489.30 .
Wipro on Tuesday registered a marginal rise in net profit for the March quarter and offered a muted outlook, but sought to cheer investors by announcing a bonus issue and a likely share buyback.
India’s third-largest software services firm said it will issue bonus shares within the next two months, a move aimed at encouraging participation of small investors, enhancing liquidity and expanding retail shareholder base.
However, market watchers were disappointed with the outlook of a flat sequential growth for the June quarter.
Wipro registered a negligible rise in the consolidated profit at Rs 2,267 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2017. The total income rose over 5% to Rs 15,033.8 crore in the said quarter, compared to the year-ago period.
The IT firm attributed the muted guidance to softness in health care and retail business. Wipro expects revenues from its IT services—its mainstay—to be in the range of $1,915-1,955 million for the April-June 2017 quarter.
This is almost similar to March quarter IT services revenue that stood at $ 1,954.6 million. The dollar revenue was 3.9% higher than the year-ago period.