** India's Mphasis MBFL.NS , Coforge COFO.NS and TCS
TCS.NS to benefit from recovery in client spending in U.S.
banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector, JP
Morgan says
** MBFL will benefit the most as it has the highest
exposure, brokerage says
** JPMorgan says tech spending from top U.S. banks have
risen over past two quarters and US rate cut could boost
spending over next 12-18 months
** TCS shares up 0.4%; COFO up 1% and MBFL down 0.8%; IT
stocks .NIFTYIT up 0.1%
** TCS shares up 18.5% YTD, COFO up ~7% YTD and MBFL up
11.4% YTD vs 19% gains in IT index .NIFTYIT
** TCS is "buy" rated on average by analysts as per LSEG,
while COFO and MBFL are rated "hold"
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru)
((Sethuraman.NR@thomsonreuters.com; (+91 9945291420); Reuters
Messaging: nallur.sethuraman.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))