Telecom shares fall; Vodafone Idea slumps 4%

NEW DELHI: Telecom shares were trading with losses in Wednesday’s afternoon session.

Shares of Sterlite Technologies (down 4.14 per cent), Vodafone Idea (down 4.10 per cent), Reliance Communications (down 2.89 per cent) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (down 1.49 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

Optiemus Infracom (down 1.48 per cent), Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (down 1.29 per cent), GTPL Hathway (down 1.11 per cent) and Tata Communications (down 0.86 per cent) too were trading in the red.