Market Now: Bharti Infratel, Airtel, Idea Cellular keep the sectoral index up

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Even as a majority of telecom stocks were incurring losses, gains in GTPL Hathway (up 2.60 per cent), Bharti Infratel (up 1.49
per cent), Bharti Airtel (up 0.72 per cent) and Idea Cellular (up 0.67 per cent) were keeping the sectoral index up.The BSE Telecom index
was trading 0.22 per cent up at 1,177 around 11:50 am
On the other hand, Reliance Communications (down 8.47 per cent), ITI (down 7.36 per cent) and GTL Infrastructure (down 5 per cent) were the
top losers among the telecom stocks.OnMobile Global, Vindhya Telelinks, Sterlite Technologies, Tejas Networks, MTNL and GTL declined over 2
per cent in the telecom index.Shares of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra), Himachal Futuristic Communications, Aksh Optifibre and Tata
Communications declined up to 1 per cent.Market sentiment was subdued on selling in most sectors, led by metal, pharma, realty and
auto.Surging oil prices and falling rupee hit market mood
Benchmark BSE Sensex was 135 points down at 34,713, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 51 points at 10,546
In the Sensex index, 11 stocks were in the green, while 20 were in the red.TCS, State Bank of India and ICICI Bank were leading the pack of
Sensex gainers.