** India's IT sub-index .NIFTYIT is the sole gainer among 16 major sectors, rises 0.85%
** Motilal Oswal sees IT services hitting an inflection point in the next 6-9 months, driving strong growth in H2 of FY27 and full-scale uptake in FY28 as enterprises move from pilots to broad deployment
** Notes that the sector trades at a decade-low valuation despite stable profitability, offering asymmetric upside
** Last week, brokerage upgraded Infosys INFY.NS to "buy" from "neutral" as it could be a key beneficiary of enterprise-wide AI spends
** It also upgraded Mphasis MBFL.NS and Zensar ZENT.NS to "buy" from "neutral"; Wipro WIPR.NS revised to "neutral" from "sell"
** Says IT services will stabilize and then grow strongly by FY28 as cloud spending normalizes
** YTD, IT sub-index down 12.7% vs Nifty 50's .NSEI 9.7% rise
(Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru)
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