Market Now: Consumer durables index tops chart; CG Consumer Electricals, Titan play ball

The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.61 per cent up at 21,700 around 12:35 pm.

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Tata Motors, with a gain of nearly 2 per cent, was leading the pack of Sensex gainers.
NEW DELHI: The consumer durables index was trading as the top gainer among sectoral indices on BSE in afternoon trade on Thursday.

The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.61 per cent up at 21,700 around 12:35 am, thanks to gains in Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 6.33 per cent), Titan Company (up 1.35 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (up 1.25 per cent).

Shares of PC Jeweller (up 0.79 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 0.71 per cent), VIP Industries (up 0.69 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.39 per cent) were also trading up.


Meanwhile, shares of Symphony (down 1.23 per cent), Bajaj Electricals (down 0.29 per cent) and Blue Star (down 0.08 per cent) were seen under pressure around the same time.

Equity benchmarks were in the red on selling in bluechip counters amid mixed Asian cues.

The BSE Sensex was 111 points down at 35,276, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 31 points at 10,710.
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In the Sensex index, 13 stocks were trading up, while 18 stocks were down.

Tata Motors, with a gain of nearly 2 per cent, was leading the pack of Sensex gainers.

On the contrary, Tata Steel, falling over 2 per cent, was leading the pack of Sensex losers.
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