Market Now: Bajaj Electricals, CG Consumer Electricals keep consumer durables index down

NEW DELHI: Poor show of Bajaj Electricals (down 2.73 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 2.14 per cent) was weighing on consumer durables index during afternoon trade on Thursday.

The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.43 per cent down at 22,420 around 12:40 pm.

Shares of Blue Star (down 0.91 per cent), VIP Industries (down 0.65 per cent), Titan Company (down 0.47 per cent), Symphony (down 0.41 per cent) and TTK Prestige (down 0.37 per cent) were also in the red.


However, shares of PC Jeweller (up 3.16 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 1.18 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (up 0.62 per cent) were in the green in the index around the same time.

Equity benchmarks were flat as gains in select bank, oil and auto stocks were offset by losses in FMCG, power, Pharma and metal stocks.

The NSE Nifty50 index was down 10 points at 10,732, while the BSE Sensex was up 5 points at 35,325.

In the Sensex index, 14 stocks were advancing, while 17 were declining.

Power Grid Corporation, Dr Reddy's Labs, Sun Pharma and Tata Steel were the top losers among the Sensex stocks.