Share market update: Consumer Durables shares down; VIP Industries dips over 2%

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was down in Monday's afternoon session with its components trading lower.

Shares of VIP Industries (down 2.73 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 1.77 per cent), Whirlpool of India (down 1.42 per cent) and Blue Star (down 0.81 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

Titan Company (down 0.53 per cent), Voltas (down 0.25 per cent), Symphony (down 0.12 per cent) and TTK Prestige (down 0.10 per cent) too were trading in the red.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.65 per cent down at 23,167.16 around 12:32 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 22.40 points at 11,582.10 while the BSE Sensex was down 65.61 points at 38,634.92.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.

Shares of Reliance Power, Reliance Communications, Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls RE, PC Jeweller, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, DLF, YES Bank, Suzlon Energy and South Indian Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.