Wipro, Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals, HCL Technologies and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories are among the other gainers.
Non-banking financial company Shriram City Union Finance spurted 5.78% to Rs 970. The stock topped the gainers in the BSE's 'A' group.
IT major Wipro galloped 5.41% to Rs 475.35, with the stock surging ahead of its entry in the 50-unit CNX Nifty next week. Wipro becomes a part of the Nifty with effect from 27 September 2013. The IT major replaces Reliance Infrastructure in the Nifty. The stock was second biggest gainer in 'A' group.
IT stocks rose as the rupee weakened against the dollar today, 17 September 2013 ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, where it is widely expected to announce tapering of bond purchases. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 63.10, weaker than its close of 62.83/84 on Monday, 16 September 2013. A weak rupee boosts revenue of IT firms in rupee terms as the sector derives a lion's share of revenue from exports.
Grass-root refinery Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals (MRPL) jumped 4.53% to Rs 34.60. The stock was third biggest gainer in 'A' group.
IT company HCL Technologies rose 4.13% to Rs 1,037.70. The stock was fourth biggest gainer in 'A' group.
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HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems on Monday, 16 September 2013, clarified that no proposal to merge HCL Infosystems or its systems integration and services business with HCL Technologies is under consideration. The two companies issued the clarification after media reports suggested that HCL Infosystems is working towards the goal of merging its system integration and services business with HCL Technologies. HCL Tech and HCL Infosystems have been teaming on specific opportunities in India and for this purpose the two companies have been cross selling each other's services over the last 2 years, HCL Tech said after trading hours on Monday, 16 September 2013. HCL Tech said that the company derived about 5% of its revenue from India during FY 2013. It is expected that the revenue from India during FY 2014 would remain at similar level, the company said. The arrangement with HCL Infosystems did not have any impact on the margins in the past and it is not expected to have any impact on the margins going forward, HCL Technologies said. HCL Technologies is a software firm.
HCL Infosystems also said that HCL Infosystems and HCL Technologies have been collaborating together under teaming agreements to address business opportunities in India. These agreements are on arms length basis in the best interest of HCL and its customers and not margin dilutive to HCL Infosystems, the company said.
A bulk of HCL Infosystems' revenues comes from selling computing hardware to government and by acting as a national distributor for mobile phones, computers, laptops and printers
Pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories climbed 3.69% to Rs 2,305.15 after the company announced that it received an approval from the US drug regulator for Azacitidine for injection. The stock was fifth biggest gainer in 'A' group.
Dr Reddy's Laboratories announced during market hours today, 17 September 2013, that Azacitidine for injection 100 milligram (mg)/vial, a bioequivalent generic version of VIDAZA, was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) on 16 September 2013. The launch of the product in the market is planned in the near term, the company said.
The VIDAZA brand had US sales of approximately $378.5 million for the most recent twelve months ending July 2013 according to IMS health. The drug is used for the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.
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