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Sensex turns negative; Wipro falls after quarterly results

The BSE Sensex turned negative today morning, weighed down by weakness in Wipro after the No 3 software services exporter's outlook disappointed investors.

Updated on: Apr 27, 2011 10:23 AM IST
Reuters | By , Mumbai
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The BSE Sensex turned negative on Wednesday morning, weighed down by weakness in Wipro after the No 3 software services exporter's outlook disappointed investors.

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Wipro forecast muted growth for its mainstay information technology services business and said wage hikes would hurt operating margins this year.

At 9:53am, the 30-share BSE index was up 0.05% at 19,556.06 points, with 15 components advancing. It briefly slipped in the negative after rising as much as 0.5% early.

Wipro shares were down 3.2% at 450 rupees.

The 50-share NSE index was flat at 5,868.10 points.