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Wipro Q2 earnings show marginal rise amid AI deals

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October 17, 2025

Revenue rises 1.7% Y-o-Y, sequential profit slips 2.5%

- AASHISH ARYAN

Bengaluru-based information-technology (IT) services major Wipro reported a marginal rise in net profit for the July-September quarter (Q2) of 2025-26 (FY26).

Net profit for the quarter stood at 3,246 crore, up 1.15 per cent compared to 3,208.8 crore in the same quarter last year. On a sequential basis, profit declined 2.5 per cent.

The company’s revenue from operations rose to %22,697.3 crore, up 1.7 per cent year-on-year (Yo-Y) and nearly 2.5 percent sequentially. Revenues from the IT services segment were $2,604.3 million, aided by a few large deals closed during the quarter.

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