Stock market update: Consumer durables index down; PC Jeweller, Rajesh Exports among the top drags

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.27 per cent down at 20,816 around 01:05 pm on Thursday on losses in PC Jeweller
(down 2.95 per cent), Bajaj Electricals (down 2.45 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (down 1.94 per cent). Shares of Whirlpool of India (down
0.17 per cent) and Titan Company (down 0.12 per cent) were also seen under pressure
However, shares of Symphony (up 0.92 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 0.74 per cent), VIP Industries (up 0.71 per
cent), TTK Prestige (up 0.41 per cent) and Blue Star (up 0.11 per cent) were up around the same time. Key equity indices were up on gains in
select bank, financial, IT, auto and FMCG stocks
Firm global cues and short-covering of bets on the last session of May expiry in the derivatives segment kept the overall sentiment
up. Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 174 points at 35,080, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 55 points at 10,669. Among the 50 stocks in the
Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red
In the Sensex index, 16 stocks were up, while 15 were down. ICICI Bank, Sun Pharma and Hero MotoCorp were among the top losers in the
Sensex pack of stocks.