Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 17.85 points, or 0.10% to 17,472.23

On BSE, 49343 shares were traded in the counter as against an average daily volume of 2.10 lakh shares in the past one quarter.

The stock hit a high of Rs 742 and a low of Rs 647.50 so far during the day. The stock had hit a 52-week high of Rs 753 on 20 January 2010 and a 52-week low of Rs 220.50 on 17 March 2009.

The large-cap stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till 17 March 2010, rising 10.44% as compared to the Sensex's 6.46% rise. It also outperformed the market in the past one quarter, rising 9.86% as compared to the Sensex's return of 3.53%.

The company's equity capital is Rs 293.62. Face value per share is Rs 2.

The current price of Rs 729 discounts the company's Q3 December 2009 annualized EPS of Rs 33.56, by a PE multiple of 21.72

Azim Premji Foundation, a non-profit organisation owned by Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, sold 8.10 lakh shares for about Rs 5.72 crore on 12 March 2010. After the sale, the foundation's stake in Wipro declined to 65.06 lakh shares or 0.44%.

On 8 March 2010, Wipro secured an order for an undisclosed sum from Financial Intelligence Unit, a unit of ministry of finance to develop an information technology network to track all irregular financial transactions.

Wipro's net profit fell marginally by 0.10% to Rs 1231.20 crore on 0.60% rise in net sales to Rs 5892.90 crore in Q3 December 2009 over Q2 September 2009.

Wipro provides comprehensive range of information technology (IT) services, software solutions, IT consulting, business process outsourcing and research & development services in the areas of hardware and software design to leading companies worldwide.