Stock market update: Consumer durables index down; CG Consumer Electricals plunges 5%

NEW DELHI: Losses in shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 4.76 per cent), PC Jeweller (down 4.17 per cent) and VIP Industries (down 3.45 per cent) were keeping the consumer durables index down in afternoon trade on Tuesday.

The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.80 per cent down at 21,694.42 around 02:40 pm.

TTK Prestige (down 0.79 per cent), Titan Company (down 0.78 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (down 0.63 per cent) were also in the negative zone.


However, Voltas (up 1.78 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 0.36 per cent) and Blue Star (up 0.16 per cent) were in the green in the index.

Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 171.28 points at 38,865.39, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 34.75 points at 11,726.70.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red. In the Sensex kitty, 16 stocks were rising and 15 were falling.

YES Bank, State Bank of India and PowerGrid were among the top losers in the Sensex index.