BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian software services company Infosys Ltd reported a 22.7% jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday, as it won more contracts from global businesses expanding their digital services during the pandemic.

Consolidated net profit at the country's second-largest IT services firm by revenue rose to 51.95 billion rupees ($696.89 million) in the three months to June 30, from a year earlier, while revenue from operations climbed 17.9% to 278.96 billion rupees.

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(Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Anshuman Daga and Sriraj Kalluvila)

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/indias-infosys-profit-rises-pandemic-led-digital-boom-2021-07-14/