Share market update: Telecom shares mixed; Tejas Networks slumps 5%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Telecom index was flat in Friday’s afternoon session with its components trading on a mixed note.

Shares of GTL Infrastructure (up 4.44 per cent), GTL (up 3.10 per cent), Vodafone Idea (up 0.78 per cent) and Sterlite Technologies (up 0.71 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Tejas Networks (down 5.19 per cent), Aksh Optifibre (down 3.35 per cent), Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (down 3.10 per cent) and ITI (down 2.46 per cent) were trading lower.

The S&P BSE Telecom index was trading 0.01 per cent down at 1000.21 around 02:28 pm.