** Indian IT stocks .NIFTYIT drop about 4% this week, among biggest weekly sectoral losers
** Ten-member Nifty IT index set for a third-consecutive week of losses
** Demand concerns continue to weigh on IT stocks in their key U.S. and Europe markets, despite earnings beat
** Index heavyweight Infosys INFY.NS, which reported results on Wednesday, down 4% this week
** Peers Tata Consultance Services TCS.NS and HCLTech HCLT.NS down 1.4% and 3.2%, respectively, this week
** Persistent Systems PERS.NS, Mphasis MBFL.NS and Coforge COFO.NS biggest weekly losers, down 6.6%, 6.8% and 9%, respectively
** Analysts' average ratings on the stocks equally split between "buy" and "hold" - data compiled by LSEG
** IT index down 17.5% this year, making it the biggest sectoral loser, while blue-chip Nifty 50 .NSEI index is up 5.2%
(Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)
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