Preview-India's HCLTech gets TCS boost ahead of Q1 results
** Shares of HCLTechnologies HCLT.NS jumps 3% ahead of Q1 results
** IT index .NIFTYIT gains 3.7%, boosted by market leader TCS's TCS.NS bigger-than-expected Q1 rev jump
** Analysts expect HCLTech's rev growth to slow to 6.6% in Q1 from 7.1% in Q4 and 12.1% in year-ago Q1 -LSEG data
** But they expects net profit to rise 8.2% in Q1 vs staying flat in Q4
** Still, Jefferies expect 80-130 bps margin contraction as wage hikes and demand weakness continues
** IT stocks have risen ~9% so far this year, underperforming the benchmark Nifty 50's nearly 13% jump
** Only 6 of 10 members in IT index have gained YTD, with HCLT's ~6% increase the least among them
($1 = 83.5175 Indian rupees)
Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru
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