Share market update: Titan, Voltas boost consumer durables index

NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.47 per cent up at 19,762 around 02:30 pm on Tuesday, backed by gains in Titan Company (up 2.69 per cent) and Voltas (up 2.54 per cent).

Shares of VIP Industries (up 0.97 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 0.94 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.93 per cent) too were in the green.

However, PC Jeweller (down 3.43 per cent), Symphony (down 1.20 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 0.74 per cent), Rajesh Exports (down 0.34 per cent) and Blue Star (down 0.09 per cent) were down around that time.


Shares of PC Jeweller have been reeling under selling pressure after the board of the company decided to withdraw its buyback offer of 12.1 million shares with immediate effect.

Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 168 points at 36,492, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 55 points at 10,992.

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

In the Sensex kitty of stocks, 23 stocks were advancing, while 8 were declining.

Sun Pharma, Vedanta and Tata Steel were leading the pack of Sensex gainers.

However, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel and IndusInd Bank were among the top losers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.