Infosys, Wipro ADRs fall nearly 3% after TCS earnings, US crackdown on H-1B-linked green card programme
American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Indian IT services companies Infosys and Wipro fell nearly 3% in US trading on Thursday, weighed by fresh concerns about the sector's outlook after Tata Consultancy Services reported its September-quarter earnings and the US government widened its crackdown on employment-based immigration programmes.Infosys ADRs were down 2.8% at $10.26 at 9 p.m. IST, while Wipro ADRs traded 2.5% lower at $1.63.The moves came after TCS, India’s largest IT services company, reported a 15% year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 13,884 crore for the September quarter. Revenue from operations increased 11.2% to Rs 73,188 crore. TCS also reported an operating margin of 24% and annualised AI revenue of $3.1 billion, which crossed 10% of its overall revenue.TCS said its total contract value for the quarter stood at $9.6 billion, while its workforce increased to 598,056 employees. The company also declared a second interim dividend of Rs 12 per share.The e...