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By Haripriya Suresh and Bharath Rajeswaran

BENGALURU, March 21 (Reuters) - India's information technology companies, among the worst-performing sectors this year, may not see a recovery in fiscal 2026, analysts said, after Accenture ACN.N flagged weak discretionary spending and demand in its quarterly report.

Accenture, the world's largest IT services player and a bellwether for the Indian IT industry, warned on Thursday that spending on discretionary projects in the quarter "was still constrained" and flagged no meaningful increase in client budgets.

Escalating global trade tensions following fresh U.S. tariffs on trading partners has sparked concerns over a slowdown in the United States - a key market for Indian IT companies.

"Whatever has happened in the last two months has created a higher level of uncertainty in terms of how the first half of fiscal 2026 will pan out and what impact it will have on the FY26 recovery rate," Amit Chandra, deputy vice president at HDFC Securities, told Reuters.

India's IT index is currently down 15.3% so far this year and is set for its worst quarter since June 2022. Top firms such as TCS TCS.NS, Wipro WIPR.NS, Infosys INFY.NS and HCLTech HCLT.NS lost between 11.2% and 18.1% this year.

Analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities said softening demand recovery and weak mega deal flow in fiscal 2025 will result in lower incremental revenue from mega deals in fiscal 2026 for Indian Tier-1 IT. "Companies will also face net headwinds from early stages of gen AI adoption," they said.

Citi Research has estimated that IT companies in its coverage could see revenue growth of 4% in fiscal 2026, similar to fiscal 2025, while Morgan Stanley expects growth assumption to be hurt due to subdued client spending.

According to Chandra, while banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) and healthcare verticals showed signs of recovery, the last two months' uncertainty has meant that clients across sectors are "going into a wait-and-watch mode", and can likely curtail spends.

Accenture also largely flagged delays and cancellations of new contracts in the U.S. due to the Trump administration's moves. However, while "Indian IT has limited exposure," according to Citi analysts, this can "increase competitive intensity in other segments".

(Reporting by Haripriya Suresh and Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)

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March 20 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS PARTNERS WITH THE CUMBERLAND BUILDING SOCIETY

  
  

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March 19 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS PARTNERS WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND

• SIGNS FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH AIR NEW ZEALAND

• PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE AIR NEW ZEALAND'S DIGITAL CAPABILITIES

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March 12 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH COOP DANMARK

• EXTENDED PARTNERSHIP TO SUPPORT CORE BUSINESS SYSTEM

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March 11 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF DARSHITA SOUTHERN INDIA HAPPY HOMES

• ACQUISITION COST 22.50 BILLION RUPEES FOR 100% EQUITY SHARES

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March 6 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD - NORTHERN TRUST EXPANDS COLLABORATION WITH TCS

• TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD - TO DEPLOY BANCSTM PLATFORM FOR NORTHERN TRUST

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March 5 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS - TCS PARTNERS WITH VANTAGE TOWERS

• TCS- PARTNERS WITH VANTAGE TOWERS

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Feb 28 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS - TCS EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH DNB BANK ASA BY 5 YEARS FOR NEXT-GEN BANKING

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MUMBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - India's technology sector is expected to grow at 5.1% this fiscal year, driven by engineering research and development as well as rising global capacity centres, its main industry body said on Monday.

The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) expects the industry's revenue to grow to $282.6 billion in fiscal 2025 and cross $300 billion in fiscal year 2026.

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Feb 20 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• LAUNCHES THREE INITIATIVES UNDER SALESFORCE COLLABORATION

• TCS PARTNERS WITH SALESFORCE

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Feb 19 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS COLLABORATES WITH MASSROBOTICS IN NORTH AMERICA

• TO DEPLOY A TEAM AT MASSROBOTICS’ BOSTON FACILITY

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By Shritama Bose

MUMBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters Breakingviews) - India is pulling out all the stops to be on Donald Trump's good side. The country has already made tariff concessions and fielded a planeload of deported immigrants ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to meet the U.S. President at the White House. But it is migration, not trade, that will be the sticking point in bilateral relations.

Narrowing India's $35 billion trade surplus with the United States should be manageable. Earlier this month, New Delhi undertook wide-ranging cuts to duties on American imports from Harley Davidson HOG.N motorcycles to components used by Apple AAPL.O to build smartphones. The country can also pledge to buy more American weapons and oil. Shipments of the latter amounted to $5 billion, or just 4% of bilateral trade, in the year to March 2024.

What Modi can offer on migration is far less straightforward. Trump has vowed to deport millions of illegal workers in the country and as of 2022, India was the third-largest source of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. behind Mexico and El Salvador, per data from Pew Research Center.

The country also supplies a huge chunk of legal skilled workers: India accounts for 72% of so-called H-1B visas, which allow companies from Amazon AMZN.O to Alphabet GOOGL.O, as well as Indian giants like Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS, to hire specialised overseas workers such as software engineers. The programme benefits both sides: Big Tech gets access to lower-cost talent while India's skilled labour can find employment. But visa issuances have shrunk in recent years and the programme is getting an intense backlash from some of Trump's supporters.

A possible deal could see Modi agree to accept deported Indians back into the country without fuss in exchange for U.S. officials to speed up H-1B visas. But a repeat of the spectacle this month of hundreds of handcuffed people alighting from a U.S. military plane would be politically embarrassing, and shines an ugly spotlight on India's lack of high-quality jobs.

The problem for Modi, though, is that he has a weak hand with Trump with the fortunes of India's top tycoons hanging in the balance. Infrastructure magnate Gautam Adani is battling fraud charges levelled by U.S. federal investigators and the Securities and Exchange Commission, which his Adani group denies. The White House can also squeeze access to cheap Russian oil that helps India to keep inflation low, and which its largest company, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries RELI.NS, is processing, or punish India with tariffs for pushing trade transactions in non-dollar currencies. A lot rides on Modi's U.S. charm offensive.

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Separately, India slashed custom duties on motorcycles, such as those from Harley Davidson, with engine capacity of 1,600 cc or more, to 30% from 50% on fully built imports in the government’s annual budget announced on February 1. New Delhi also cut average tariffs to 11% from 13%, Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey told Reuters in an interview after the budget.

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MUMBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The increasing use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) could boost the productivity of India's $254-billion software by 43%-45% over the next five years, according to a survey by consulting firm EY India.

This productivity boost, which EY India's survey states will span 500 roles, will come through the dual effect of the IT industry itself integrating elements of GenAI internally and as more client projects move from proof of concept to production.

Top IT companies such as Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS and Infosys INFY.NS have highlighted the use of AI by clients to do new projects and EY India said 89% of them have started trialling GenAI projects, with 33% of those already in production.

"Enterprises are moving beyond experimentation to putting AI into production at scale. The rapid transition from POC to enterprise-wide adoption reflects the industry's confidence in AI's potential," Abhinav Johri, a technology consulting partner at EY India, said in a statement.

Within the sprawling IT industry, EY India's survey showed that roles in software development will get the biggest productivity boost, of roughly 60%, followed by a 52% improvement for BPO services and 47% for IT consulting.

This trio -- software development, BPO services and IT consulting -- will account for 50%-60% of the overall productivity improvement in tech services, the survey showed.

The increasing use of AI is not only helping the IT industry enhance customer service but is also lowering costs and improving revenue growth, according to executives surveyed by EY India.

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Feb 5 (Reuters) - Cognizant Technology Solutions CTSH.O forecast annual revenue below estimates on Wednesday, as uncertainty about the path of future interest rate cuts forces companies to temper spending on IT services and consultancy.

Persistent high capital costs continue to strain IT spending, prompting enterprises to rethink spending on consultancy services while prioritizing investments in AI-related projects.

Still, an increase in spending by clients in the financial services sector helped Cognizant win more large deals in the fourth quarter than a year earlier, powering its quarterly revenue above Wall Street expectations.

"In North America, we are seeing an improved pipeline of opportunities for transformation and modernization projects across both insurance and select ADRs of banking and financial services clients," finance chief Jatin Dalal said.

The company's fourth-quarter revenue stood at $5.08 billion, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.07 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.

Cognizant's adjusted profit came in at $1.21 per share in the quarter ended December 31, compared with analysts' average estimate of $1.12 per share.

The New Jersey-based company said it expects first-quarter revenue in the range of $5 billion to $5.1 billion, compared with analysts' average estimate of $5.06 billion.

Cognizant expects its 2025 revenue to be between $20.30 billion and $20.80 billion, lower than estimates of $20.89 billion compiled by LSEG.

It projected 2025 adjusted earnings between $4.90 per share and $5.06 per share. The midpoint of the forecast is $4.98 per share, compared with analysts' average estimate of $4.99 per share.

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Feb 5 (Reuters) - Cognizant Technology Solutions CTSH.O forecast annual revenue below estimates on Wednesday, as uncertainty about the path of future interest rate cuts forces companies to temper spending on IT services and consultancy.

Persistent high capital costs continue to strain IT spending, prompting enterprises to cut back on consultancy services while prioritizing investments in AI-related projects.

Cognizant's shares fell 1.2% in extended trading.

Uncertainty around rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve this year is exacerbated by President Donald Trump's changes to immigration policies, tariffs and other initiatives, forcing companies to limit spending.

The company's fourth-quarter revenue stood at $5.08 billion, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.07 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.

Cognizant's adjusted profit came in at $1.21 per share in the quarter ended December 31, compared with estimates of $1.12 per share.

The New Jersey-based company expects first-quarter revenue in the range of $5 billion to $5.1 billion, compared to analysts' estimates of $5.06 billion.

Cognizant expects its 2025 revenue to be between $20.3 billion and $20.8 billion, lower than estimates of $20.89 billion.

It projected 2025 adjusted earnings between $4.90 per share and $5.06 per share. The midpoint of the forecast is $4.98 per share, compared with estimates of $4.99 per share.

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Jan 20 (Reuters) - Wipro's shares WIPR.NS surged about 8% on Monday, set for their best day in nearly four years, after India's No. 4 IT services company joined its peers in signaling a revival in demand.

The company beat third-quarter revenue and profit estimates on Friday and CEO Srinivas Pallia said, "We see discretionary spending slowly coming back" after facing macroeconomic challenges in 2024.

Wipro's shares were also among the top percentage gainers on the benchmark Nifty 50 .NSEI index, which was trading flat. At least eight brokerages raised their rating on Wipro's stock, while 16 raised their price targets, as per LSEG data.

"Wipro is witnessing a pick up in discretionary spends in its BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) segment - evident from 11% y/y growth in revenue," Jefferies analysts said in a note, raising both their rating and price target.

The BFSI segment accounts for about a third of the company's revenue.

Wipro's bet of a more promising 2025 echoed similar indications from larger peers TCS TCS.NS, Infosys INFY.NS and HCLTech HCLT.NS.

India's $254 billion IT services sector has faced sluggish growth for several quarters due to global macroeconomic uncertainties and inflationary pressures, which have pushed clients to rein in spending.

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Jan 17 (Reuters) - Shares of India's No. 2 software services exporter Infosys INFY.NS fell nearly 6% on Friday and were set for their biggest one-day decline since July 2023, as analysts raised concerns about the quality of earnings following its third-quarter report.

The stock was down 5.7% as of 11:49 a.m. IST, and was the top drag on the IT index .NIFTYIT and the benchmark Nifty 50 .NSEI, which declined 2.5% and 0.7% respectively.

Its U.S.-listed shares INFY.N fell about 6% overnight.

Infosys on Thursday raised its annual revenue forecast for the third time this financial year as its U.S. banking and retail clients warmed up to spending more on discretionary projects, echoing Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS and HCLTech HCLT.NS.

However, analysts were concerned about the "quality" of the earnings report, which overshadowed the outlook.

The revenue growth was driven by a higher component of "third-party items" in Infosys' deal pipeline, "which drove concerns around the quality of the beat and raise", Morgan Stanley analysts said in a note.

"Given that the commentary on small deals pipeline is not showing any meaningful signs of inflection, we now assume the (industry-wide) recovery to be more gradual than before," they said.

Small deals comprise more than two-thirds of the company's total deal intake, according to BofA Global Research.

Markets are awaiting further evidence of uptick in discretionary spending, not just commentary from IT companies, said Saurabh Jain, assistant vice president of retail equities research at SMC Global Securities.

Infosys shares gained 22.5% in 2024, outperforming TCS and LTIMindtree LTIM.NS, but trailed behind HCLTech, which rose 31%.

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BENGALURU, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Infosys INFY.NS, India's second-largest IT services provider, reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Thursday, aided by a pickup in demand in its banking and financial services vertical.

Revenue rose 7.6% to 417.64 billion rupees ($4.83 billion) in the October-December period, surpassing average analysts' estimate of 412.78 billion rupees, according to data compiled by LSEG.

Infosys revised its revenue growth forecast upwards to 4.5%-5%, from 3.75%-4.5%.

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BENGALURU/MUMBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - India's Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS expects its retail and manufacturing clients in North America to step up spending on tech, following a similar upturn in its banking and financial services segment, a top executive of the nation's No. 1 software-services exporter, said.

"We have heard about good holiday season sales (in the U.S.) that should boost consumer sentiment and manufacturing has some of the labour issues behind them," CFO Samir Seksaria told Reuters.

"If these three verticals (along with banking) improve overall, we should see a good recovery," he said.

Seksaria's cautious optimism highlights broader global economic uncertainties and sticky inflation that have forced clients to keep a leash on tech spending.

The company's revenue in North America, its largest market, declined for the fifth consecutive quarter even as banking and financial services posted their best performance since June 2023.

Retail and manufacturing are the second- and fourth- largest revenue contributors to the $29 billion behemoth.

Last month, Walmart Inc WMT.N, Amazon.com AMZN.O, and fast-growing e-commerce sites Shein and PDD Holding's PDD.O Temu, saw record-breaking sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

U.S. online spending too rose nearly 9% to $241.4 billion during the recent holiday season.

TCS' communications and media vertical, a capital-intensive segment that is currently one of the company's laggards, will also see some pickup if interest rates start to go down, Seksaria said.

The comments echo CEO Krithivasan's sentiment that the incoming U.S. administration is likely to remove policy uncertainty and boost client confidence to spend on discretionary projects.

On Friday, its Mumbai-listed shares closed up 5.6%, its highest single day rise since July 2024.

TCS also played down concerns over the rise in insourcing by multinational corporations through global capability centres (GCCs), potentially slashing work that would have been contracted to IT players in the past.

A growing number of global companies are increasing their local offices in India and expanding in-house teams, adding roles such as engineering, cybersecurity and accounting and finance. India's GCC market size is estimated to reach $105 billion by 2030.

"Initially, there could a cost advantage, probably GCCs are right now being seen as global cost saving centers. But as things go into next year, maintaining cost and delivering cost productivity in a 3-year to 7-year period is where the cyclicality of opening and shutting of GCCs keeps coming," said Seksaria.

In 2023, Infosys INFY.NS acquired the captive arm of Danske Bank DANSEN.UL and before that TCS acquired Post Bank AG's unit of 1,500 employees in late 2020.

(Reporting by Sai Ishwarbharath B in Bengaluru and Haripriya Suresh in Mumbai.
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** India's Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS posted Q3 results below estimates on Thursday but pointed to improvement in client spending environment; shares up 4.2% at 4,204 rupees

** At least 6 brokerages raised their target price post results; median PT now at 4,548 rupees from 4,535 rupees a month ago - LSEG data

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** HSBC ("Hold"; PT 4,540 rupees) says management commentary provides confidence for FY26

** CLSA (upgrades to "Outperform" from "Hold"; raises PT to 4,546 rupees from 4,251 rupees) sees multiple growth triggers ahead, aggressive campus hiring is a sign of improved macro demand

** UBS ("Buy"; cuts PT to 4,750 rupees from 4,850 rupees) is "bullish" on TCS, says management has delivered positive commentary

** Nomura("Neutral"; cuts PT to 4,020 rupees from 4,039 rupees) says client decision making cycle, discretionary demand improving

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By Sai Ishwarbharath B and Haripriya Suresh

BENGALURU/MUMBAI, Jan 9 (Reuters) - India’s No. 1 software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) TCS.NS said on Thursday it is betting on Donald Trump's regime to revive client confidence and discretionary spending in North America.

The comments came after the leader of the $254 billion Indian IT sector reported a decline in North American revenue for the fifth-straight quarter.

“Once the new (U.S.) administration comes in, it will remove any policy uncertainty,” TCS CEO K Krithivasan said in a post-earnings press conference.

Pointing also to a higher order book, Krithivasan said: “All of this together, we see more confidence in discretionary programmes in the coming years.”

The Mumbai-based company also declared a special dividend of 66 rupees ($0.7691) per share.

Consolidated revenue at the Tata Group firm rose 5.6% to 639.73 billion rupees in the October-December quarter, but missed analysts' average estimate of 644.52 billion rupees, according to data compiled by LSEG.

TCS' quarterly net profit rose 12% to 123.80 billion rupees, against analysts' mean estimate of 123.99 billion rupees.

"Revenue growth was below expectations but the third quarter is a seasonally weak one as most clients ramp down operations due to the holiday season," said Piyush Pandey, analyst at Centrum Broking.

Pandey, however, highlighted deal wins and operating margin improvement as "positives" that may aid a turnaround in the United States in the coming quarters.

India's IT services industry has been facing a growth slowdown over the last couple of years due to clients in the U.S. and Europe cutting down on tech spending amid economic pressures.

The company's total order book stood at $10.2 billion in the quarter, compared with $8.6 billion in the previous quarter and $8.1 billion in the year-ago period.

TCS is the first major IT firm to report numbers in the current earnings cycle. Smaller rivals Infosys INFY.NS, HCLTech HCLT.NS, Wipro WIPR.NS will report next week.

The Mumbai-listed shares closed 1.7% lower ahead of the results.

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Dec 27 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD - RECEIVES ORDER FROM JOINT COMMISSIONER, CGST NOIDA

• TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD - ORDER DEMANDS TAX AND PENALTY OF 13.8 MILLION RUPEES

• TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD - TO APPEAL AGAINST THE ORDER

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Dec 20 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS AFRICA TO SELL 30% STAKE IN TCS SA

• DEAL FOR ZAR 60.8 MILLION

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** Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS falls 1.4% to 4,411 rupees; second-biggest pct loser on IT index .NIFTYIT, which is down 0.5%

** Citi maintains "sell" - CNBC-TV18 report

** Brokerage says co's project with BSNL BSNL.NS to deploy 4G network across India will be stable or slightly decline in Q3 and taper off post that

** Adds UK and Europe markets have softer demand vs US

** PT of 3,935 rupees represents ~11% downside to current price

** TCS, rival Infosys INFY.NS rated "buy" on avg - LSEG

** Stock climbs 17.3% YTD vs NIFTYIT's ~29% gain

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Dec 13 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS - PARTNERS WITH LANDIS+GYR TO DELIVER NEXT-GENERATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOLUTIONS

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Dec 3 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS - TCS INKS DEAL WITH BANK OF BHUTAN

• TCS - TCS INKS DEAL WITH BANK OF BHUTAN TO MODERNIZE DIGITAL CORE, ENHANCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

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Nov 28 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS PARTNERS WITH IIT KGP

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Nov 26 (Reuters) - The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) said on Tuesday that the second phase of an upgrade to its clearing and settlement software will likely cost up to A$320 million ($208 million), sending its shares sharply lower.

Announcing the cost estimate for the first time, the bourse operator added that it expects the second phase implementation to be completed by 2029.

ASX ASX.AX also aims to conclude the first phase - the clearing service - in 2026, with associated costs now tracking at the higher end of its previous estimate of A$105 million to A$125 million.

While the timeline seems reasonably extended, the phase 1 costs are now tracking at the top end of expectations and this pushes capital expenditure towards the top end of ASX’s prior guidance range, Citi analysts said.

ASX shares fell 4.7% to A$65.87 in its weakest trading session since mid-June.

The update on the software overhaul comes months after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission sued ASX, alleging it misled investors about the failure to upgrade its critical settlement and clearing infrastructure, known as CHESS.

The share market operator hired India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) last year to overhaul CHESS, after abandoning a widely criticised effort to upgrade it to a blockchain-based system.

That effort raised the ire of shareholders and regulators, and ultimately ended with a A$250 million write-down and slump in the bourse operator's share price.

ASX will deploy a TCS TCS.NS product that is already being used to manage share settlement and clearing in New Zealand, South Africa and Finland.

ASX Managing Director and CEO Helen Lofthouse said implementing the CHESS project over two releases would enhance its reliability.

The bourse operator's decision to undertake complex IT projects means its prime focus will likely remain on appeasing regulators and various stakeholders, with investors further down the pecking order, Citi analysts said.

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(Reporting by Himanshi Akhand and Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Mohammed Safi Shamsi, Rashmi Aich and Nicholas Yong)

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Nov 11 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• GETS ORDER FROM COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS WITH PENALTY OF 5 MILLION RUPEES

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Oct 24 (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd TCS.NS:

• TCS - TCS LAUNCHES NVIDIA BUSINESS UNIT

• TCS - TCS LAUNCHES NVIDIA BUSINESS TO ACCELERATE AI ADOPTION FOR CUSTOMERS ACROSS INDUSTRIES

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