Wipro shares rally on dollar revenue guidance

Wipro Ltd shares surged as much as 5.9 percent on Monday.

Wipro Ltd shares surged as much as 5.9 percent on Monday,after the software services exporter issued dollar revenue guidance that was above estimates.

Wipro said on Friday it expects revenue from IT services business for the current quarter that ends Sept. 30 to range between $1.62 billion and $1.65 billion,a sequential increase of 2 percent to 3.9 percent.

Most analysts were expecting the company to say sales in the current quarter would rise 1-3 percent. Wipro does not give an annual forecast.

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“This is the strongest guidance from the company in recent history,” UBS said in a note after the results,reiterating its “buy” rating on Wipro.

Wipro shares were up 5 percent at 0354 GMT,outperforming a 0.2 percent fall in the NSE index.

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