The telecom sector in India saw a decline on January 12, 2026, as of around 12:14 PM IST. The S&P BSE Telecom index dropped 1.66%, underperforming the broader market where the Sensex fell approximately 0.76% to around 82,937 and the Nifty 50 declined 0.64% to 25,520.
Most telecom-related stocks listed on NSE traded lower during the session:
- Bharti Airtel: Declined around 0.71%, trading near ₹2,013 on NSE.
- Bharti Hexacom Ltd.: Fell 3.12%, around ₹1,707 on NSE.
- Tata Communications: Dropped 3.28%, near ₹1,685 on NSE.
- Tata Teleservices: Declined around 2.89–3.48%, near ₹45.
- Vodafone Idea: Down 0.80–1.15%, near ₹11.17.
- HFCL: Fell around 2.45–2.66%, near ₹63.
- Railtel Corp of India: Down 1.89–2.15%, near ₹337.
- ITI: Declined 2.46–2.58%, around ₹291.
- MTNL: Fell 2.68–3.05%, around ₹33–34.
- Indus Towers: Minor dip of 0.07–0.15%, near ₹433.
- Other names like Black Box (down 1.67–1.93%), Optiemus Infracom (down 2.99%), and Pace Digitek Ltd. (down around 4.19–4.21%) also declined.
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