NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was up in Tuesday's afternoon session with its components trading on a mixed note.

Shares of Whirlpool of India (up 4.16 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 2.63 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 1.53 per cent) and Voltas (up 1.26 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Symphony (down 2.63 per cent), Titan Company (down 1.02 per cent), Rajesh Exports (down 0.23 per cent) and Blue Star (down 0.18 per cent) were trading with losses.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.06 per cent up at 25,155.85 around 12:06 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 57.50 points at 12,031.05 while the BSE Sensex was down 158.86 points at 40,108.76.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SBI, PNB, PC Jeweller, Suzlon Energy, DHFL, Bank of Baroda, Spicejet and IDBI Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

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