(Reuters) – Shares in Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO), India’s leading mobile operator, rose nearly 9 percent on Friday after Credit Suisse upgraded the stock to outperform from neutral.

At 10:10 a.m. (12:40 a.m. ET), the stock was trading up 8.4 percent at 304.50 rupees, after hitting 305.65. In comparison, the main Mumbai market .BSESN was up 1 percent.

(Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan)