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Wipro Q3 net profit up 1.8% to Rs 2,234 crore

For the fourth quarter, Wipro expects its revenues from the IT services business to be in the range of $1,875 million to $1,912 million.

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The country's third largest software services firm Wipro has posted 1.8% rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 2,234.1 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2015.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 2,192.8 crore in the year-ago period.

The firm saw revenues rising 7.1% to Rs 12,951.6 crore in the said quarter from Rs 12,085.1 in the same period last year, according to a filing on the BSE.

Its IT services revenues stood at Rs 12,310 crore ($1.86 billion), an increase of 9% year-on-year, it said.

The company had already warned of a muted performance in this quarter on account of furloughs and Chennai-floods. It had said it expected to meet the lower half of its guidance range of $1,841-1,878 million.

For the fourth quarter, Wipro expects its revenues from the IT services business to be in the range of $1,875 million to $1,912 million.

"We delivered revenues in line with our guidance. We saw a pick-up in large deal closures led by global infrastructure services," Wipro Member of the Board and CEO T K Kurien said.

He added that customers want to simplify operations and optimise their IT spend and that the company is well- positioned to take advantage of this trend.

Wipro Chief Financial Officer Jatin Dalal said the impact on revenues from the Chennai floods were minimised significantly by execution of Business Continuity Plans (BCP).

"The additional expenses incurred in deploying BCP impacted operating margins for the quarter," he added.

The IT services segment had a headcount of 1,70,664 as of December 31, 2015. It added 39 new customers during the quarter.

"We are focussed on driving market share growth in our core businesses through integrated domain and technology services while investing for the future in building differentiated Digital capabilities," Wipro CEO-Designate Abidali Z. Neemuchwala said.

Wipro's IT products segment delivered Revenue of Rs 6.5 billion ($98 million) for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. 

At 0930 hours, the company's stock was trading at Rs 536.80, down Rs 6.65 or 1.22% from previous day's close.

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