Market Now: Whirlpool, Bajaj Electricals keep BSE Consumer Durables index up

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Updated: Mar 12, 2018, 01.38 PM IST
Market Now: Whirlpool, Bajaj Electricals keep BSE Consumer Durables index up
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.
NEW DELHI: Consumer durable sector stocks Whirlpool of India (up 2.11 per cent) and Bajaj Electricals (up 2.06 per cent) climbed over 2 per cent during afternoon trade on Monday, keeping the sectoral index in the green.

The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.12 per cent up at 21,370 around 01:30 pm (IST).

Shares of Titan Company (up 0.93 per cent), PC Jeweller (up 0.65 per cent), Rajesh Exports (up 0.11 per cent) and Symphony (up 0.04 per cent) were also in the green.

However, shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 3.12 per cent), VIP Industries (down 2.13 per cent), Blue Star (down 1.22 per cent) and TTK Prestige (down 0.14 per cent) were in the red around that time.

Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 370 points at 33,678, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 116 points at 10,343.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.

ITC, Bharti Airtel, Infosys and NTPC were the top gainers in the Sensex index.

However, Coal India and State Bank of India continued trading in the red.