Share market update: Consumer Durables shares trade higher; Voltas gains 2%

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

Shares of Voltas (up 2.27 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 1.98 per cent), VIP Industries (up 1.81 per cent) and Symphony (up 0.80 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Titan Company (up 0.77 per cent), Rajesh Exports (up 0.40 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.09 per cent) too were trading higher.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.92 per cent up at 24,928.54 around 12:06 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 86.95 points at 12,009.75 while the BSE Sensex was up 296.39 points at 40,010.59.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of M&M, Spicejet, NCC, Dish TV India, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, PC Jeweller, Suzlon Energy, Ashok Leyland and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

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