BENGALURU, April 18 Reuters Shares of India39;s Infosys fell 9 on Monday, pulling down the broader IT index as the software services provider39;s lowerthanexpected March profit last week triggered fears of growth normalisation in the sector after a pandemicled boom.

Infosys, India39;s No.2 software services firm, on Wednesday reported a consolidated net profit of 56.86 billion rupees 744.05 million for the quarter ended March 31, missing analysts39; expectations of 59.80 billion rupees.

The Nifty IT services index was down 3.24.

Indian markets were closed on Thursday and Friday for public holidays.

1 76.4200 Indian rupees

Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu

Source Reuters