Share market update: Consumer Durables shares trade higher; Crompton Greaves jumps 4%

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

Shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 4.57 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 2.31 per cent) and Symphony (up 2.11 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

VIP Industries (up 1.22 per cent), Rajesh Exports (up 0.90 per cent) and Voltas (up 0.50 per cent) too were among the top gainers.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.50 per cent up at 24,977.32 around 12:09 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 28.65 points at 11,700.80 while the BSE Sensex was up 118.89 points at 39,079.68.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Infibeam Avenues, Vodafone Idea, Dish TV India, Spicejet, Indiabulls RE, PNB, Godrej Consumer, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.