urban transport project mutp at 1100 am tata group international telecom carrier vsnl held firm at rs 20450 up 167 on sustained buying interest the investing community cornered reports that the siddharth raypromoted data access has emerged as the lowest bidder for carrying traffic from bharat sanchar nigam bsnls subscribers to the us uk canada and west asia these sectors account for over 63 of bsnls outbound traffic at 1055 am sun pharma down 083 at rs 68500 moved off the days high of rs 70300 on selling pressure at higher levels the stock attracted buying interest in early trades following reports that the company is finally taking over hindustan antibiotics indias oldest psu in the pharma sector sun pharma is reportedly learnt to have got the government to agree to a rs 260crore proposal for transfer of the psu to it at 1050 am the board of indian auto ancillaries maker amtek auto ltd is to consider the acquisition of the ukbased gwk group at 1045 am morepen labs was trading higher by 793 at rs 830 the stock leaped up after the company received a fresh us food and drug administration fda approval for its active pharmaceutical ingredient api manufacturing facility at masulkhana himachal pradesh the facility is currently manufacturing the antihinstamine loratadine for which it had received an approval by the fda in march 1999 at 1040 am berger paints was up 540 at rs 204 the stock spurted after the paints major decided to issue bonus shares in the ratio 12 the company is planning to explore acquisition opportunities in saarc countries and thailand at 1035 am zee telefilms was trading lower by 198 at rs 12620 the stock lost ground on selling pressure after mondays gains at 1030 am psu oil and gas major ongc up 148 at rs 86350 was amongst the gainers on the sensex the public offer for 10 government stake in the company has been over subscribed 423 times till now the offer is scheduled to close on saturday march 13 2004 at 1025 am heavyweight pivotals infosys technologies down 241 at rs 498500 icici bank down 139 at rs 30150 reliance industries down 115 at rs 59000 hindustan lever down 058 at rs 15545 and itc down 053 at rs 117100 proved a drag on the indices in early morning trades at 1020 am technology major infosys technologies down 290 at rs 496000 satyam computer down 188 at rs 29700 and wipro down 131 at rs 142160 were trading lower as selling continued on the counters following a fall in the technology adrs listed on the us indices on monday at 1015 am liberty shoes ltd has reported that mr adesh gupta presently working as executive director ed of the company since july 16 2001 has been