NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading nearly 2 per cent down at 23,252 around 12:50 pm (IST) on Wednesday, with shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 5.47 per cent) as the top loser.

Shares of PC Jeweller (down 4.39 per cent), Symphony (down 2.45 per cent), TTK Prestige (down 1.88 per cent), Titan Company (down 1.42 per cent) and Blue Star (down 0.44 per cent) were also in the red in the index.

However, shares of Bajaj Electricals (up 0.96 per cent), VIP Industries (up 0.48 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.16 per cent) were trading with gains around that time.

Benchmark BSE Sensex was 46 points down at 36,094, while the NSE Nifty50 index was 25 points down at 11,059.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Dr Reddy's Labs, Sun Pharma, Infosys, ITC and Tata Consultancy Services were among the top gainers in the Sensex index.

Shares of Bharti Airtel cracked up to 5 per cent in Wednesday's trade so far.