Telecom Stocks: Sprint, Alcatel-Lucent are top telecoms

, ) jumped nearly 5% after saying that it's loss from a commercial-paper investment would be limited to $5 million to $6 million in the third quarter. Some investors worried the loss could have been greater Looking at key sector benchmarks, the Dow Jones Wilshire Fixed Line Telecommunications Index dipped 0.5% to 1,112 points. Over the past year, the phone index has ranged from a high of 1,513 points to a low of 1,097 points, which was set earlier this week. The Dow Jones Wilshire Telecommunications Equipment Index also gave up 0.5% in value, to 5,422 points. Over the past year, the equipment index has ranged from a high of 7,590 points to a low of 5,228 points. Jeffry Bartash is a reporter for MarketWatch in... [read full story]