How To Earn Money From Share Market ?: Sectors of the stock market :

As you watch CNBC you will hear the term sector being thrown around a lot. A stock sector is a group of companies that belong to a similar industry.
Some examples would be the retail sector, pharmaceutical sector, automobile sector, or oil sector.
No matter how well the stock market is performing overall; there will always be sectors of the stock market that are doing good or bad at different times for various reasons.

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Infosys FY08 net profit at Rs 4659 cr; EPS at Rs 81.56
Infosys Technologies has announced its fourth quarter and financial year 2008 numbers. It has posted FY08 net profit of Rs 4659 crore as against Rs 3856 crore in FY07 and net sales at Rs 16692 crore versus Rs 13893 crore.
Its FY08 EPS stood at Rs 81.56 as against its guidance of Rs 81.07.
For the quarter ended March 2008 (Q4), it has posted net profit of Rs 1,249 crore (up 9% YoY) versus Rs 1,231 crore in previous quarter and revenue at Rs 4,542 crore (20% YoY) versus Rs 4,271 crore, QoQ. EPS stood at Rs 21.83, up 8% YoY.
Operating margin stood at 32.54% versus 32.60% while projection was at 32.8%. Other income was at Rs 139 crore and tax provision reported at Rs 211 crore. BFSI contributed 33.9% to Q4 revenues as against 36.8% in Q3.
Revenue and EPS growth in rupee terms is slowest since FY03.
The company says they have added one USD 300 million client in Q4 and in total, added 40 clients during the quarter. Net addition of employees stood at 5947.
Guidance
FY09 revenues seen at Rs 19894-20214 crore
FY09 EPS at Rs 92.30-93.90
Q1 revenues seen at Rs 4570-4582 crore (up 21.1-21.4% YoY)
Q1 EPS seen at Rs 20.73 Vs Rs 21.83 in Q4 (De-growth of 5% QoQ and up 15% YoY) (Rupee rate taken as 40.02 per dollar)
According to CNBC-TV18 estimates, Infosys was expected to post FY08 net profit of Rs 4,663.8 crore and revenues at Rs 16,677.4 crore.

Infosys Technologies Ltd

Infosys Technologies Ltd has announced the following Audited results for the quarter & year ended March 31, 2007:The results for the Quarter ended March 31, 2007The net profit after tax & exceptional items of Rs 11240 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 6640 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Total Income has increased from Rs 25630 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 to Rs 36750 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.The results for the Year ended March 31, 2007The Company has posted a net profit after tax & exceptional items of Rs 37830 million for the year ended March 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 24210 million for the year ended March 31, 2006. Total Income has increased from Rs 91720 million for the year ended March 31, 2006 to Rs 135240 million for the year ended March 31, 2007.The Consolidated results are as follows:The consolidated results for the Quarter ended March 31, 2007The Group has posted a net profit after tax, exceptional items & minority interest of Rs 11440 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 6730 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. Total Income has increased from Rs 26960 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 to Rs 38910 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.The consolidated results for the Year ended March 31, 2007The Group has posted a net profit after tax, exceptional items & minority interest of Rs 38560 million for the year ended March 31, 2007 as compared to Rs 24580 million for the year ended March 31, 2006. Total Income has increased from Rs 96600 million for the year ended March 31, 2006 to Rs 142650 million for the year ended March 31, 2007.

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