Share market update: Consumer Durables shares trade higher; Rajesh Exports rises nearly 3%

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

Shares of Rajesh Exports (up 2.86 per cent), Symphony (up 1.37 per cent), Blue Star (up 1.28 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 1.09 per cent) were trading with gains.

Titan Company (up 0.71 per cent), Voltas (up 0.66 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.34 per cent) too were trading in the green.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.84 per cent up at 25,378.27 around 12:10 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 37.95 points at 11,729.40 while the BSE Sensex was up 131.39 points at 39,244.13.

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

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Vakrangee, Dish TV India, IRB Infra Developers, Infibeam Avenues, TV18 Broadcast, NBCC and Spicejet were among the most traded securities on the NSE.

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