HCL Infosystem climbs 5% on UIDAI project

HCL Infosystem, India"s leading hardware, services and ICT systems integration company, climbed on Friday after it has secured a contract with The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Aug. 7, 2012. As per the contract HCL Infosystems has been given the Managed Service Provider (MSP) to implement and manage the Central ID Repository (CIDR) for UIDAI. The contract is for a period of seven years.Shares ofthe companyare trading at Rs 40.60, up Rs 2.05, or 5.32% at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday at 3:29 p.m.The scrip has touched an intra-day high of Rs 43 and low of Rs 38.40. The total volume of shares traded at the BSE is 467,940.In the earlier session, the shares declined 1.03%, or Rs 0.40, at Rs 38.55. Currently, the stock is trading down 47.92% from its 52-week high of Rs 77.95 and above 9.29% over the 52-week low of Rs 37.15.

Share Price Movement Period Pricein Rs Gain/(Loss) in Rs in % 1 Week 38.95 (0.40) (1.03) 1 Month 43.05 (4.50) (10.45) 3 Months 42.95 (4.40) (10.24) 6 Months 45.50 (6.95) (15.27) 1 Year 75.10 (36.55) (48.67) Note: Based on previous day closing price.