Market Now: Bajaj Electricals, Blue Star top gainers in the BSE Consumer Durables index

NEW DELHI: Shares of Bajaj Electricals (up 2.51 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 1.80 per cent), Blue Star (up 1.66 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 1.50 per cent) and Nilkamal (up 0.33 per cent) were trading up in the BSE Consumer Durables index in Thursday's afternoon trade.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.02 per cent up at 17,990 around 01:10 pm (IST).

However, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 2.04 per cent), Rajesh Exports (down 0.59 per cent) and Symphony (down 0.27 per cent) were losing in the consumer durables index around that time.

Oil & gas stocks such as Castrol India, Bharat Petroleum Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Oil India, Indian Oil Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Petronet LNG were gaining in Thursday's trade.

Cipla, Larsen & Toubro, Axis Bank, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, Sun Pharma, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation and Infosys were the top gainers in the BSE Sensex index.

ICICI Bank, Power Grid Corporation, Bharti Airtel, HDFC, Asian Paints and Dr Reddy's remained in the negative zone.