Share market update: BSE Consumer Durables index down; CG Consumer Electricals, Titan drag

NEW DELHI: Losses in shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 2.33 per cent), Titan Company (down 0.93 per cent) and TTK Prestige (down 0.86 per cent) dragged the consumer durables index down in Tuesday's session.

The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.52 per cent down at 21,668 around 10:55 am.

Shares of Blue Star (down 0.82 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (down 0.17 per cent) too were in the red.


However, Rajesh Exports (up 1.01 per cent), PC Jeweller (up 0.72 per cent) and Symphony (up 0.41 per cent) were trading with gains.

Voltas (up 0.26 per cent) and VIP Industries (up 0.11 per cent) were up with mild gains.

Market was subdued amid weak Asian peers in the wake of lingering trade war worries.

Rupee's fall and soft Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) print too influenced the sentiment.

Benchmark BSE Sensex was 64 points down at 38,249, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 34 points at 11,549.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 37 were in the red.

In the Sensex index, 10 stocks were advancing and 21 were declining in trade.

Infosys, TCS and Wipro were leading among Sensex stocks.

HUL, Vedanta and IndusInd Bank were among the top losers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.