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Stock markets rangebound; IT firms fall, Sun Pharma shines

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Last Updated : Jun 30 2015 | 2:07 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's stock markets traded rangebound on Tuesday as software exporters such as Tata Consultancy Services fell after revenue warnings by some of its smaller rivals, while Sun Pharmaceutical Industries rose after Credit Suisse said the company has raised prices of some drugs.

Companies including Tech Mahindra , Persistent Systems and KPIT Technologies have warned that revenue would be lower than expected in the April-June quarter due to delay in capex at key clients and cross-currency shifts.

Foreign portfolio sales worth 91.55 billion rupees ($1.44 billion) over the past two months also weighed on sentiment.

"Slowly many companies are coming forward and giving poor guidance. This quarter, like previous few, may not be great," said Aneesh Srivastava, chief investment officer at IDBI Federal Life Insurance.

The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 0.03 percent, while the 50-share Nifty gained 0.2 percent.

For the month, the BSE Sensex was down 0.7 percent and the Nifty was lower 1.36 percent.

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However, other Asian shares rose on Tuesday after Chinese stocks broke a punishing three-day losing streak, but gains were capped by fears they could go into freefall again and as investors nervously awaited further developments in the deepening euro zone crisis.

Sun Pharmaceutical rose 2.3 percent after Credit Suisse said the company has raised prices of drugs at its unit Ranbaxy Laboratories .

Software exporters led losses with TCS and Tech Mahindra down 1.5 percent each, while HCL Technologies fell 1.2 percent.

($1 = 63.7650 rupees)

(Reporting by Abhishek Vishnoi; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)

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First Published: Jun 30 2015 | 1:53 PM IST

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