Infy, TCS fall as US raises visa cost: Report-news29032012

India's technology outsourcing companies fell, on local media reports the United States had raised the cost of processing H-1B employment visas.


Shares of Infosys dipped over 2% to touch the monthly low of Rs2769.95 and Shares of Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS) slipped nearly 2%, touching the weekly low of Rs1163.15.

The higher costs could hit profit margins at India's $100 billion technology and business process outsourcing industry, which employs 107,000 people in the United States, of which near a third are Americans.

Indian companies also send local employees to India, typically through the H-1B visas.
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