Share market update: Telecom shares gain; MTNL zooms 10%

NEW DELHI: Most telecom shares were trading in the positive zone in Monday’s afternoon session.

Shares of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (up 9.93 per cent), Vindhya Telelinks (up 5.29 per cent), ITI (up 5.18 per cent) and Himachal Futuristic Communications (up 2.86 per cent) were the top performers in the telecom pack.

Sterlite Technologies (up 2.40 per cent), Vodafone Idea (up 0.78 per cent), Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (up 0.76 per cent) and Bharti Infratel (up 0.74 per cent) too were trading in the green.