Indian IT stocks may fall as tech stocks battered on Nasdaq

nasdaq
Infosys: Quotes, News
BSE 1300.45BSE Quote24.2 (-1.86%)
NSE 1300.80NSE Quote25.1 (-1.93%)
Tata Consultancy Services: Quotes, News
BSE 2451.65BSE Quote43.35 (-1.77%)
NSE 2450.70NSE Quote42.5 (-1.73%)
The US Nasdaq Composite saw one of its worst declines since Nov 2011, dropping 3.1 per cent as investors heavily sold shares in technology stocks.

The Nasdaq Composite fell as much as 141 points at one stage, and ended down 129.79 points, or 3.1 percent.

On the NASDAQ stocks like Facebook, Google, Priceline Group and Amazon.com fell. This was also accompanied by a fall in biotechnology stocks.

Indian IT Stocks may fall when market opens for trading. Sentiments for these stocks are already very weak, following an appreciation in the rupee and a warning by Infosys and TCS on a subdued revenues growth for Q4.

At a recent investor meet, Infosys CEO S D Shibulal had this to say, "At the beginning of the quarter (Q4) we gave guidance for FY 2014. Several factors may result in our revenues to be near the lower end of guidance."Read more on the Infy guidance here

Indian IT stocks have already declined 10 -15 per cent after hitting 52-week highs earlier this year.

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