New Delhi, December 20 (IANS). The sudden 50 percent rise in Infosys’ American Depository Receipts (ADRs) was due to a technical glitch. This information was given in a report.
Data feed manipulation and algorithm-driven buying were a key reason behind Infosys’ surge in ADRs, the report said.
The surge in Infosys’s ADRs on December 19, 2025, was caused by a ticker-mapping error on multiple financial data platforms, which caused confusion in automated trading systems and triggered a self-reinforcing buying cycle in the thinly traded stock, the Chronicle Journal reported.
The report said that due to this sharp fluctuation, trading at the New York Stock Exchange had to be halted several times due to limit up-limit down volatility.
This anomaly caused the algorithmic model to interpret it as an abnormality in pricing and triggered aggressive buy orders, and low liquidity and low trading volumes further compounded this effect.
According to the report, ADRs, which had closed at around $19.18 in the previous session, surged to $27 within minutes of the market opening, after which the implementation of volatility control measures brought down prices. No such reaction was seen in the company’s India listed shares.
The unusual market situation highlighted the vulnerabilities of ADRs, which are traded after domestic markets are closed, making the system more vulnerable to data errors, liquidity gaps and automated trading feedback loops.
Apart from this, the leading American tech company Microsoft has recently announced a strategic partnership with IT companies including Infosys, under which more than 50,000 Microsoft CoPilot licenses will be deployed. This will bring the total number of licenses to more than 2,00,000 and accelerate the adoption of agentic AI.
–IANS
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