Wipro shines on the buzz of selling assets in US unit

26 Sep 2011 Evaluate

Wipro is currently trading at Rs 343.00, up by 4.20 points or 1.24% from its previous closing of Rs 338.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 340.05 and has touched a high and low of Rs 346.35 and Rs 340.00 respectively. So far 51227 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 499.90 on 14-Oct-2010 and a 52 week low of Rs 310.20 on 19-Aug-2011.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 359.75 and Rs 335.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 83240.98 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 79.23% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 9.11% and 9.98% respectively. 

Wipro, India's third-largest software services exporter, is likely to sell data centers and other computer hardware assets of its US unit Infocrossing, which it had acquired in August 2007 for almost Rs 3,000 crore. Wipro has obtained initial offers from several US telecom firms for sale of five data centers. The data centers could be worth between $300-400 million.

Recently, Wipro has inaugurated its first rural BPO at Manjakkudi village in Tamil Nadu to capitalize on literate talent pool available in the region. The Manjakkudi centre has a capacity of 120 seats, and will open with a 50-seat pilot project for an international client in the retail sector.

The company’s net profit for the quarter surged by 9.85% at Rs 1219.30 crore as compared to Rs 1110.00 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2010. Its total Income has increased by 23.08% to Rs 7521.70 crore for the quarter under review from Rs 6111.00 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

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