Shares of HCL Technologies on Friday rose by over 4% after the company reported a 16.7% increase in net profit for the quarter ended September 2016.
The stock surged 4.1% to Rs 848.70 on BSE. On NSE, it went up by 4% to Rs 848.70.
IT services firm HCL Technologies on Friday reported a 16.7% increase in net profit at Rs 2,014 crore for the quarter ended September 2016.
The Noida-based firm had posted a net profit of Rs 1,726 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal, HCL Technologies said in a statement.
Its revenues for the reported quarter were up 14.1% at Rs 11,519 crore, from Rs 10,097 crore in the year-ago period, as per US GAAP accounting norms.
However, on a sequential basis, the company's net profit was lower by 1.6 per cent from Rs 2,047 crore in April-June
2016 while revenue grew 1.6% from Rs 11,336 crore.
