BSE Sensex flat, Hindustan Unilever gains 1.4%

NSE index is higher 0.08 percent, with weak Asian stocks

weighing on investor sentiment.

* Broader losses in indexes were capped by gains in

underperforming defensives shares such as Hindustan Unilever and pharma companies such as Cipla Ltd.

* Hindustan Unilever gains 1.4 percent after falling 10.4

percent this year as on Monday's close, while Cipla rises 2

percent after falling 8.32 percent this year.

* Bharti Airtel Ltd falls 2.4 percent while Idea Cellular Ltd is down 1.4 percent.

* Mobile operators fall after wireless broadband airwave holders

were allowed to provide voice services by paying additional fee,

a move that is seen benefiting 4G licence holder Reliance

Industries Ltd, but leading to more competition in the

sector.

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