Stock market update: Consumer durable stocks up; VIP Industries, Blue Star among top gainers

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Consumer durable stocks TTK Prestige (up 4.77 per cent), VIP Industries (up 3.65 per cent) and Blue Star (up 1.35 per cent) were
trading up during afternoon trade on Thursday. The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.23 per cent up at 20,428 around 02:40 pm
Shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 1.18 per cent), PC Jeweller (up 1.08 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 0.73 per cent),
Rajesh Exports (up 0.51 per cent) and Bajaj Electricals (up 0.12 per cent) were also in the green. However, shares of Titan Company (down
0.81 per cent) was in the red around the same time. Market sentiment remained upbeat on sustained buying in all sectors amid positive global
cues. Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 363 points at 35,542, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 108 points at 10,792. Among the 50 stocks in the
Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 11 were in the red
In the Sensex index, 28 stocks were up and only 3 were down. Tata Steel, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, Reliance Industries and Asian
Paints were among the top gainers in the Sensex index.