51.   Kitty Chan, associate director of Lippo Securities, said hi-tech and telecoms stocks were higher after the strong performance of the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

52.   Kitty Chan, associate director of Lippo Securities, said hi-tech and telecoms stocks were higher after the strong performance of the Nasdaq overnight.

53.   Marty Chan, an analyst with Polaris Securiites, said rotational interest in telecoms stocks, especially China Mobile and China Unicom, helped deflect the pressure from HSBC.

54.   Other telecom stocks rose modestly from the spill-over effect of gains in China Mobile and China Unicom, dealers said.

55.   Phadermphob said losses in telecoms stocks and Ratchaburi weighed on the market.

56.   Telecoms stocks were also under fire amid concerns about large debt levels in the sector.

57.   Telecoms stocks were attracting close scrutiny after some brutal selling in recent weeks.

58.   Telecoms stocks were weaker after beleaguered Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson said Monday it does not expect to return to profit until sometime next year.

59.   That was little consolation to telecoms stocks, which took a beating because of the Ericsson results.

60.   Telecom stocks were hit hard after their counterparts in the US fell due to a profit warning issued by Ciena.