Telecom stocks end higher; Vodafone Idea jump 4 pc, Reliance Industries climb nearly 3 pc

Shares of telecom companies ended higher on Monday, a day when India’s biggest-ever auction of airwaves ended. Reliance Industries NSE 0.37 % stock climbed 2.64 per cent to finish at Rs 2,575.10 apiece on the BSE.

Shares of Bharti Airtel NSE -1.10 % advanced 2.40 per cent to Rs 694.20 apiece and that of Vodafone Idea NSE 2.20 % jumped 3.99 per cent to Rs 9.12.

The 30-share BSE benchmark climbed 545.25 points or 0.95 per cent to settle at 58,115.50.