Shares of HCLTech plunged nearly 10% on Tuesday, set for their worst session since September 2015, after India's No. 3 software services provider missed quarterly revenue estimates and raised only the lower end of its full-year sales outlook.

The information technology major's revenue rose 3.6% sequentially to Rs 29,890 crore in the October-December period, as compared to Rs 28,862 in the preceding quarter. That compares with the Rs 30,036 crore consensus estimate of analysts tracked by Bloomberg.

HCLTech , India's third-largest software company, posted a smaller-than-expected December-quarter revenue on Monday, with clients holding back discretionary tech spending amid macroeconomic uncertainties.

Indias third-largest IT services provider, saw its shares fall on Tuesday following third-quarter results that missed revenue forecasts. The company reported a 5.1% rise in