Market Now: Consumer durables index in the green; PC Jeweller, Symphony up 2%

NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.65 per cent up at 23,113 around 11:30 am (IST) on Monday, with shares of PC Jeweller (up 1.86 per cent), Symphony (up 1.78 per cent), Titan Company (up 1.01 per cent), Bajaj Electricals (up 0.26 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.20 per cent) as the top gainers.

However, shares of TTK Prestige (down 0.22 per cent), Rajesh Exports (down 0.10 per cent) and Blue Star (down 0.04 per cent) were slightly down in the index around that time.

Equity benchmarks were trading up buoyed by improved GST revenue for December. Market participants widened their bets following beginning of the February series in the derivatives segment.


Both Nifty50 and Sensex hit fresh record highs of 11,161 and 36,411, respectively, in Monday's trade.

At 11:30 am, benchmark BSE Sensex was 329 points up at 36,379, while the NSE Nifty50 index was 84 points up at 11,153.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Maruti Suzuki India, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Steel and Infosys were leading the Sensex index.

On the contrary, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Bharti Airtel and ITC were among the top drags on the Sensex index.