With a string of acquisitions, Ajit Issac's staffing and related solutions provider Quess Corp is now the fourth biggest private employer in the country.

The Tata Group subsidiary which surpassed RIL to become the country's most valued firm in terms of market capitalisation on Monday stood at Rs 6.10 lakh crore Mcap mark in early trade today. RIL's market cap stood at Rs 6.08 lakh crore.

While the Sensex closed 111 points lower to 36,050, Nifty closed 16 points lower at 11,069 level. ICICI Bank (1.60%), Coal India (1.56%) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (0.99%) were the top gainers on Sensex.

The Mumbai-based firm is the second Indian firm to achieve this feat with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) retaining the top slot. Currently, the TCS stock is having a valuation of about Rs 6.07 lakh crore.

The race to $100 billion market value just got heated up with the entry of HDFC Bank.

On Day 2 of his maiden visit to India, second by any Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu held delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Two days ago, news reports claimed that Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest IT services company, had declared 100% of the target variable pay to all its India employees for the third quarter of this financial year. And now rival Infosys has followed suit.

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Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS), India's largest IT firm, today signed its biggest deal to date.

The fast growing, high margin digital revenues today stand at 22.1 per cent accounting for more than USD 4 billion in revenues.

TCS CEO and MD Rajesh Gopinathan said that the company signed its first over USD 50 million deal in 'Digital' this quarter, \"crossing an important milestone in the mainstreaming of Digital technologies\".

Earlier, the Sensex hit an all-time high of 34,488 level intra day. Nifty too touched lifetime high of 10,659 in trade today.

While the Sensex is up 1.83% or 619 points, Nifty has risen 1.84% or 191.65 points during the last six trading sessions this year. Brokerages too are bullish on the prospects of the Indian market.