Telecom stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Telecom index increasing 17.5 points or 1.32% at 1344.16 at 09:49 IST. Among the components of the S&P BSE Telecom index, HFCL Ltd (up 3.53%), Indus Towers Ltd (up 3.45%),ITI Ltd (up 3.25%),Vodafone Idea Ltd (up 2.71%),Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (up 1.87%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Sterlite Technologies Ltd (up 1.12%), OnMobile Global Ltd (up 1%), Bharti Airtel Ltd (up 0.95%), Vindhya Telelinks Ltd (up 0.78%), and Tata Communications Ltd (up 0.71%). On the other hand, Tejas Networks Ltd (down 3.04%), turned lower. At 09:49 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 208.09 or 0.43% at 48594.6. The Nifty 50 index was up 64.8 points or 0.45% at 14549.8.