BackInfosys scrip surges 2% on BSE over takeover news
Infosys scrip surges 2% on BSE over takeover news
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Mumbai: Shares of country’s leading software exporter Infosys surged as much as 2.54% on the Bombay Stock Exchange after media reports that the software behemoth is planning to bid for European consultancy firm Capgemini.
Infosys scrip opened firm at ₹ 1,951 and rallied ahead to touch a high of ₹ 1,975 in early trading on the BSE, gaining as much as ₹ 49.10 over its previous close.
However, the scrip of the company parted with some gains and was later trading at ₹ 1952.30 at 10.34 am on BSE and over 68,000 shares got exchanged in early trade.
Yesterday, the French firm Capgemini’s scrip surged more than 4% on the Paris bourse over reports that Infosys Technologies is planning to acquire a stake in the company to expand its global presence.
India is the second largest country for Capgemini in terms of employees and employs more than 14,000 at its offices in six cities. It had also acquired India’s Kanbay for 1.25 billion dollars in February this year.
Infosys has a market value of nearly $27 billion, while Capgemini has a market capitalisation of about 10 billion dollars (7.7 billion euro).
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