Telecom stocks rise
Telecom stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Telecom index increasing 6.01 points or 0.49% at 1240.81 at 09:53 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Telecom index, Vodafone Idea Ltd (up 11.46%), Tejas Networks Ltd (up 4.48%),Sterlite Technologies Ltd (up 3.92%),Vindhya Telelinks Ltd (up 3.34%),GTL Infrastructure Ltd (up 2.86%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Bharti Infratel Ltd (up 1.29%), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (up 0.98%), and OnMobile Global Ltd (up 0.56%).
On the other hand, Optiemus Infracom Ltd (down 10%), ITI Ltd (down 0.52%), and Bharti Airtel Ltd (down 0.2%) turned lower.
At 09:53 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 46.32 or 0.11% at 41276.68.
The Nifty 50 index was down 9.5 points or 0.08% at 12116.4.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 64.53 points or 0.44% at 14736.11.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 26.55 points or 0.52% at 5092.22.
On BSE,874 shares were trading in green, 602 were trading in red and 81 were unchanged.
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First Published: Feb 20 2020 | 10:01 AM IST