Market Now: PC Jeweller boosts BSE Consumer Durables index

NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.23 per cent up at 23,829 around 12:25 pm (IST) on Monday, with shares of PC Jeweller (up 4.59 per cent) surging up to 5 per cent.

Shares of VIP Industries (up 0.49 per cent), Symphony (up 0.32 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.18 per cent) were also trading with gains in the consumer durables index.

On the contrary, Bajaj Electricals (down 0.76 per cent), Rajesh Exports (down 0.65 per cent), Blue Star (down 0.49 per cent) and TTK Prestige (down 0.13 per cent) were trading down in the consumer durables index around that time.


Benchmark BSE Sensex was 302 points up at 34,894, while the NSE Nifty50 index was 76 points up at 10,757.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.

HDFC, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel and HDFC Bank were leading the Sensex index.

Shares of Hero MotoCorp, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, Bharti Airtel and Maruti Suzuki were among the top losers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.