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Shares of Infosys climbed 4 per cent on Friday after the company posted better-than-expected 11 per cent rise in consolidated net profit for the September quarter and announced buyback of shares. Shares of the company went higher by 3.82 per cent to settle at Rs 1,474.05 on the BSE. During the day, it jumped 5.22 per cent to Rs 1,494. On the NSE, it climbed 4.02 per cent to end at Rs 1,477. It was the biggest gainer among the Sensex and Nifty components. The company's market valuation jumped Rs 22,878.82 crore to Rs 6,20,254.82 crore. In traded volume terms, 5.20 lakh shares of the company were traded on the BSE and over 1.49 crore shares on the NSE during the day. Other IT stocks like HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra also ended higher. The 30-share BSE index jumped 684.64 points or 1.20 per cent to at 57,919.97 points. On Thursday, Infosys reported an 11 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 6,021 crore for the September quarter and announced buyback of shares worth