In a rough week for the stock market, the Operators segment has suffered – falling 3.45%, compared to a meager 0.30% lift from the Vendors, and a 0.29% growth in the Indexes. The writing for losses in the operator realm seemed on the wall last week, and here we see the end of a run of unusually good form. There were 14 positive performances in the Vendors segment this week. The best was ZTE’s 22.54% gain, which is hopefully not an aberration, given its shaky track record. As with many one-off performances, there was nothing in the news that could be pointed to as the primary reason for the gain. There was a considerable gap to the second-best performance, where…