Share market update: Consumer Durables shares trade higher; Titan rises 2%

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

Shares of Titan Company (up 1.71 per cent) , VIP Industries (up 1.02 per cent) and Blue Star (up 0.88 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 0.29 per cent) , Symphony (up 0.28 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (up 0.11 per cent) too were trading higher.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.89 per cent up at 23,796.67 around 02:29 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 74.70 points at 11,001.20 while the BSE Sensex was down 251.77 points at 37,133.22.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Biocon, Tata Motors, Equitas Holdings, NBCC , Tata Power, SAIL and Indian Oil Corp were among the most traded shares on the NSE.