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Realty, FMCG shares advanced while IT, media and metal shares declined.
At 09:25 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex declined 398.93 points or 0.51% to 77,265.07. The Nifty 50 index fell 72.50 points or 0.30% to 24,100.55.
In the broader market, the BSE 150 MidCap Index dropped 0.02% and the BSE 250 SmallCap Index fell 0.36%.
The market breadth was negative. On the BSE, 1,301 shares rose and 1,721 shares fell. A total of 166 shares were unchanged.
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, rose 1.65% to 18.90.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 3,254.71 crore, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net buyers to the tune of Rs 941.35 crore in the Indian equity market on 23 April 2026, provisional data showed.
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The yield on India's 10-year benchmark federal paper rose 0.39% to 6.950 compared with previous session close of 6.951.
In the foreign exchange market, the rupee lowered against the dollar. The partially convertible rupee was hovering at 94.2400 compared with its close of 94.0150 during the previous trading session.
MCX Gold futures for 5 June 2026 settlement declined 0.25% to Rs 152,380.
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the greenback's value against a basket of currencies, was up 0.05% to 98.88.
The United States 10-year bond yield advanced 0.12% to 4.330.
In the commodities market, Brent crude for June 2026 settlement jumped 78 cents or 0.74% to $105.85 a barrel.
Stocks in Spotlight:
Infosys declined 2.58%. The company reported a 27.75% increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 8,501 crore on a 2.02% rise in revenue from operations to Rs 46,402 crore in Q4 FY26 compared with Q3 FY26. On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the company's net profit jumped 20.9%, while revenue increased 13.4% in Q4 FY26.
Cyient rose 0.89%. The company reported a 64.9% year-on-year decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 65.5 crore despite a 0.92% increase in revenue from operations to Rs 1,926.9 crore in Q4 FY26 over Q4 FY25.
Tata Capital rose 0.31%. The company reported an 80.6% year-on-year surge in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,182.6 crore on a 17.4% increase in net interest income to Rs 2652.2 crore in Q4 FY26 over Q4 FY25.
Global Market:
Asia markets traded mixed as investors remained cautious despite a three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, underscoring lingering geopolitical uncertainty.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by three weeks following a meeting in the White House with top U.S. officials, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
The temporary truce, originally set to expire after 10 days, will now provide additional time for diplomatic efforts, with Washington also pledging to work with Lebanon to strengthen its defenses against Hezbollah.
Japan’s core inflation in Japan accelerated for the first time in five months, rising to 1.8% in March, with Iran war fueling energy worries. Government data showed the inflation figure, which strips out prices of fresh food, was in line with the 1.8% estimate that was widely reported in the media and was higher than the 1.6% seen in February.
Overnight in the U.S., stocks pulled back on Thursday, led by a drop in software shares and higher oil prices, as investor uncertainty about the trajectory of the Iran war weighed on markets.
The S&P 500 traded down 0.41% to close at 7,108.40, after earlier hitting a new all-time intraday high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined 0.89% to finish at 24,438.50. It had also scored a new all-time high in the session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 179.71 points, or 0.36%, to finish at 49,310.32.
For the full year,net profit rose 10.21% to Rs 29440.00 crore in the year ended March 2026 as against Rs 26713.00 crore during the previous year ended March 2025. Sales rose 9.61% to Rs 178650.00 crore in the year ended March 2026 as against Rs 162990.00 crore during the previous year ended March 2025.
Profit before tax (PBT) stood at Rs 10,797 crore in Q4 FY26, up 17% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) and 11.7% YoY.
Operating profit for Q4 FY26 came in at Rs 9,743 crore, rising 16.6% QoQ and 13.6% YoY. Operating margin improved to 21% during the quarter, compared with 18.4% in Q3 FY26 and 21% in Q4 FY25.
Revenues in constant currency (CC) terms grew 4.1% YoY but declined 1.3% QoQ. In dollar terms, the IT firm reported revenues of $5,040 million, reflecting a decline of 1.2% QoQ and growth of 6.6% YoY for the quarter ended 31 March 2026.
Free cash flow (FCF) stood at Rs 7,711 crore as of 31 March 2026, down 0.33% YoY and 5.68% QoQ. FCF conversion was 90.6% of net profit.
The total contract value (TCV) of large deal wins stood at $3.2 billion in Q4 FY26, lower than $4.8 billion in Q3 FY26. Net new deals accounted for 55% of the total.
For FY27, the company guided revenue growth at 1.5%–3.5% in constant currency terms, compared with its earlier guidance of 3.0%–3.5%, while maintaining its operating margin guidance at 20%–22%.
The company had 1,965 active clients as of 31 March 2026, compared with 1,869 a year earlier. Total headcount stood at 3,28,594, up 1.55% YoY. The IT services attrition rate declined to 12.6% from 14.1% in the previous year.
Salil Parekh, CEO and MD, said, “We delivered a resilient performance in FY '26 with growth of 3.1% with strong large deal wins of $14.9 billion, reflecting the robustness of our enterprise AI value proposition and market share gains in large transformation opportunities. The simplicity and strength of our AI services strategy across six areas is gaining traction in the market further strengthened by strong ecosystem AI partnerships enabling clients to get value from AI.”
“Our AI First value framework and differentiated Topaz Fabric position us uniquely to deepen client trust and gain greater share of the market,' he added.
Meanwhile, the company's board had recommended a final dividend of Rs 25 per equity share having a face value of Rs 5 for FY26. The record date is set for 10 June 2026, and the dividend will be paid on 25 June 2026.
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting.
Shares of Infosys slipped 2.74% to Rs 1,208.50 on the BSE.
Infosys Ltd fell 1.87% today to trade at Rs 1219.35. The BSE Information Technology index is down 1.06% to quote at 28836.6. The index is up 0.73 % over last one month. Among the other constituents of the index, HCL Technologies Ltd decreased 1.79% and Aurionpro Solutions Ltd lost 1.79% on the day. The BSE Information Technology index went down 17.14 % over last one year compared to the 2.96% fall in benchmark SENSEX.
Infosys Ltd has lost 4.69% over last one month compared to 0.73% gain in BSE Information Technology index and 2.88% rise in the SENSEX. On the BSE, 2.1 lakh shares were traded in the counter so far compared with average daily volumes of 7.76 lakh shares in the past one month. The stock hit a record high of Rs 1727.85 on 03 Feb 2026. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 1198.8 on 24 Apr 2026.
Infosys Ltd, Firstsource Solutions Ltd, Cyient Ltd and Anant Raj Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE's 'A' group today, 24 April 2026.
UTI Asset Management Company Ltd lost 10.70% to Rs 925.15 at 14:47 IST.The stock was the biggest loser in the BSE's 'A' group.On the BSE, 2.06 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 24709 shares in the past one month.
Infosys Ltd crashed 6.82% to Rs 1157.8. The stock was the second biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 27.39 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 7.6 lakh shares in the past one month.
Firstsource Solutions Ltd tumbled 6.73% to Rs 209.85. The stock was the third biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 1.03 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2.2 lakh shares in the past one month.
Cyient Ltd dropped 6.51% to Rs 875. The stock was the fourth biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 90007 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 29237 shares in the past one month.
Anant Raj Ltd pared 6.36% to Rs 477.65. The stock was the fifth biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 1.02 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 2.07 lakh shares in the past one month.
In the cash market, the Nifty 50 index slumped 275.10 points or 1.14% to 23,897.95
The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, surged 6.03% to 19.71.
HDFC Bank, Infosys (Infy) and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) were the top-traded individual stock futures contracts in the F&O segment of the NSE.
The April 2026 F&O contracts will expire on 28 April 2026.
The engagement spans high-impact industry and functional opportunities, with an early focus on software engineering, legacy modernization, DevOps automation, e-commerce, and other engineering-led domains. By combining Codex, workflow automation, and prebuilt agents with Infosys’ poly-AI architecture and enterprise governance, the collaboration is designed to help organizations modernize development workflows, improve engineering productivity, accelerate delivery, and reduce time-to-market.
The collaboration is designed to help customers redesign workflows, strengthen engineering execution, and move from early experimentation to scaled adoption in a practical, responsible manner.
Denise Dresser, chief revenue officer, OpenAI, said, “Codex is becoming a powerful workspace for managing agents across software development and business workflows.' As enterprises move quickly to put Codex to work, we’re working with leading partners like Infosys to help more organizations move from early usage to repeatable deployment. Infosys's deep expertise in large-scale software transformation enables enterprises to deploy Codex across areas like legacy code modernization, code review automation, vulnerability detection, and application development, while extending its impact to the systems and workflows where knowledge work gets done. We will work together to bring Codex to organizations worldwide.”
Salil Parekh, chief executive officer of Infosys, said, “Generative and agentic AI will redefine how enterprises operate and grow. Our collaboration with OpenAI establishes an operating model to unlock AI value at scale—uniting technology, talent, and transformation playbooks so clients can move decisively from pilots to performance, creating competitive advantage. Together, we are not just shaping the future of AI adoption but also enabling our clients to lead it with purpose.”
Infosys is scheduled to announce its quarterly earnings today.
The company reported a 9.6% decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 6,654 crore on a 2.22% increase in revenue from operations to Rs 45,479 crore in Q3 FY26 over Q2 FY26.
Shares of Infosys fell 0.91% to Rs 1,256.90 on the BSE.
The total contract value (TCV) of large deal wins was $3.2 billion in Q4 FY26, with net new deals accounting for 55%.
The company had 1,965 active clients as of 31 March 2026, compared with 1,869 a year earlier. Total headcount stood at 328,594, up 1.55% YoY. The IT services attrition rate declined to 12.6% from 14.1% in the previous year.
Salil Parekh, CEO and MD, said, “We delivered a resilient performance in FY26 with growth of 3.1% with strong large deal wins of $14.9 billion, reflecting the robustness of our enterprise AI value proposition and market share gains in large transformation opportunities. The simplicity and strength of our AI services strategy across six areas are gaining traction in the market, further strengthened by strong ecosystem AI partnerships enabling clients to get value from AI.”
Meanwhile, the company’s board has recommended a final dividend of Rs 25 per equity share of face value Rs 5 for FY26. The record date is set for 10 June 2026, and the dividend will be paid on 25 June 2026.
Shares of Infosys slipped 2.04% to end at Rs 1,242.60 on the BSE.