Bharti Airtel up 4%, nears record high; reclaims Rs 3 trillion m-cap mark

Shares of Bharti Airtel continued their northward journey for the fourth straight day, up 4 per cent at Rs 554, on the BSE on Tuesday. The scrip is less than 3 per cent away from its record high level of Rs 569 touched on February 17, 2020.

The stock of the telecom services provider has rallied 14 per cent in the past four trading days after Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia announced signing a deal worth Rs 7,500 crore with it to enhance the mobile operator’s network capacity in nine circles across the country. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was