Market Now: BSE Consumer Durables index in the green; Bajaj Electricals, Blue Star up 2%

NEW DELHI: Gains in Bajaj Electricals (up 2.28 per cent), Blue Star (up 1.83 per cent) and PC Jeweller (up 1.75 per cent) were keeping the BSE Consumer Durables index higher in afternoon trade on Thursday.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.59 per cent up at 22,622 around 12:10 pm (IST).

Shares of Symphony (up 0.84 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 0.82 per cent), VIP Industries (up 0.60 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 0.57 per cent), Titan Company (up 0.42 per cent) and TTK Prestige (up 0.22 per cent) were also trading up in the consumer durables index.


However, shares of Rajesh Exports (down 0.38 per cent) were trading down in the consumer durables index around that time.

Benchmark BSE Sensex was 2 points up at 33,914, while the NSE Nifty50 index was 6 points up at 10,497.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 20 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red. One stock was appearing unchanged.

Tata Steel, Hindustan Unilever, Coal India and Tata Consultancy Services were trading as the top gainers in the Sensex index.

However, Adani Ports, Axis Bank, Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto and Sun Pharma were trading among the losers.