Market Now: Consumer durables index climbs over 1%; VIP Industries tops the pack

NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.12 per cent up at 21,689 around 12:40 pm (IST) on Wednesday.

Shares of VIP Industries (up 2.80 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 2.67 per cent), Blue Star (up 1.53 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 1.29 per cent), Titan Company (up 1.22 per cent) and TTK Prestige (up 0.90 per cent) were the top gainers in the consumer durables index.

On the other hand, PC Jeweller (down 0.40 per cent), Symphony (down 0.32 per cent) and Bajaj Electricals (down 0.06 per cent) were in the red in the index around that time.


Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 207 points at 33,204, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 56 points at 10,180.


Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

In the 30-share Sensex, 19 stocks were in the green, while 11 were in the red.

Bharti Airtel, NTPC and Axis Bank were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack.

Hero MotoCorp and Dr Reddy's Labs were the top losers in the Sensex index.