Infosys, HCLTech, TCS, other IT stocks drop up to 3% as Fed rate hike worries return. Here's why

Indian IT stocks dropped on Monday as stronger-than-expected US jobs data revived concerns over a September Federal Reserve rate hike. The Nifty IT index dropped over 2%, with Infosys, HCLTech, TCS and others declining. Analysts, however, see longer-term opportunities from AI-led spending on deployment, integration and modernisation.