Infosys surges nearly 5% today; should you buy the stock?

Leading information technology (IT) players such as Infosys, HCL Tech, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) were trading in the positive territory on Thursday. Infosys (up over 4.50 per cent) was the top performer on the S&P BSE Sensex, while TCS was trading close to its all-time high of Rs 2,296 on the BSE. HCL Tech, too, was trading nearly a per cent higher. Tech Mahindra, however, was trading over a per cent lower at Rs 747.40 apiece on the BSE.

Shares of Infosys were trading higher for the fifth straight day, up 9 per cent in past one week, as compared to a three per cent rise in the benchmark index. Prior to that, share price of Infosys slipped 17 per cent in just three trading days from Rs 768 to Rs 635 after an anonymous whistleblower group called ‘Ethical Employees’ alleged that the company’s current management was taking ‘unethical’ steps to spur short-term revenue and profits.