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Shares of Siemens dipped 8 percent to Rs 2,099 on the BSE in Thursday’s intra-day trade on profit booking after the company reported 250 basis points (bps) decline in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margin of 10.4 percent in September quarter (Q4FY21) as against 12.9 percent in Q4FY20 impacted by higher other expenses, gross margins. Siemens' Q4 (July-September) net profit was down 7.2% at Rs 330.9 crore versus Rs 356.7 crore in the same period last fiscal. The company’s disappointing performance in the quarter gone by was primarily on account of a rise in costs of raw materials and logistics, a BSE filing on Wednesday showed. Its revenue was up 21.1% at Rs 4,296.1 crore versus Rs 3,546.8 crore YoY. The company has recommended a dividend of Rs 8 per equity share of Rs 2 each (400 percent) for the Financial Year ended September 30, 2021. Read more

Shares of Infosys were down 6 per cent at Rs 1,320 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Thursday a day after the IT giant posted a 17 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit at Rs 5,076 crore for the March quarter of the financial year 2020-21 (Q4FY21) as against Rs 4,321 crore posted in the same period last fiscal. Also on account of profit booking and in the overnight trade, Infosys ADR plunged 6 per cent to $1731 per share. Consolidated revenue from operations grew by 1.5 per cent sequentially to Rs 26,311 crore, while consolidated revenue in constant currency grew by 2 per cent and the topline growth in dollar terms was at 2.8 per cent quarter-on-quarters. Infosys’ board has also approved a Rs 9,200 crore buyback of equity shares from the open market. The company will buy back shares at a maximum of Rs 1,750 apiece, a premium of 25% on the current market price of Rs 1,398 apiece and also recommended a final dividend of Rs 15 per equity share.