Share market update: Telecom shares rise; Tejas Networks climbs nearly 5%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Telecom index was up in Tuesday’s afternoon session with most of its components trading in the green.

Shares of Tejas Networks (up 4.69 per cent), GTL Infrastructure (up 4.08 per cent), Bharti Airtel (up 3.91 per cent) and Himachal Futuristic Communications (up 3.35 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Sterlite Technologies (up 2.58 per cent), ITI (up 1.25 per cent), Aksh Optifibre (up 1.20 per cent) and Tata Communications (up 0.49 per cent) too were trading with gains.

The S&P BSE Telecom index was trading 2.08 per cent up at 1078.87 around 02:15 pm.