31.   Prices on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed slightly lower Tuesday, pushed down by a fall in telecom stocks.

32.   Selling spread to other telecom stocks.

33.   Telecom stocks also suffered.

34.   Telecom stocks, which slumped Monday, climbed as investors picked out bargains from the beleaguered sector.

35.   Telecom stocks in particular stumbled after British equipment supplier Marconi suspended its shares.

36.   Telecom stocks were generally lower in line with an overnight fall on the U.S. Nasdaq market.

37.   Telecom stocks fell across Europe.

38.   The bad news also made Wall Street nervous about other telecom stocks.

39.   The Nikkei index fell as investors locked in profits in select sectors, including technology issues such as NEC and Sony, and telecom stocks, including NTT DoCoMo.

40.   He said among blue chips only telecoms stock MTNL saw active buying.