Friday, June 29, 2007

Infosys scrip surges 2% on BSE over takeover news

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 Rs 1,951 and rallied ahead to touch a high of Rs 1,975 in early trading on the BSE, gaining as much as Rs 49.10 over its previous close.
However, the scrip of the company parted with some gains and was later trading at Rs 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.

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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