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

Shares of Voltas (down 2.63 per cent), VIP Industries (down 2.39 per cent), Whirlpool of India (down 2.12 per cent) and Symphony (down 1.11 per cent) were trading lower.

TTK Prestige (down 1.06 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 0.36 per cent) and Titan Company (down 0.04 per cent) too were trading with losses.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.44 per cent down at 22,939 around 12:01 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 92.35 points at 11,405.55 while the BSE Sensex was down 330.17 points at 37,946.46.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 8 were trading in the green, while 41 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, DHFL, Dish TV India, ZEEL, Reliance Capital, YES Bank, PC Jeweller, TV18 Broadcast, Suzlon Energy and BHEL were among the most traded securities on the NSE.