Telecom stocks are the leaders in a market that's inching further forward today, paced in large part by AT&T, on the move after its upgrade by UBS.
AT&T (NYSE:T) is up 2% and at its highest point since June 12. Wireless peers are higher as well: Verizon (NYSE:VZ) +1.1%; T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) +0.6%; Sprint (NYSE:S) +0.5%.
CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) is up 1.6%. In cablecos: Charter (NASDAQ:CHTR) +0.5%; Altice USA (NYSE:ATUS) +0.5%; but Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) -0.6%. Cincinnati Bell (NYSE:CBB) +1.3%.
Bucking the sector and moving lower: Frontier (NYSE:FTR), down 1.4%; Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), down 1.6%.