Share market update: Consumer durables stocks fall up to 4%; PC Jeweller, VIP Industries among top losers

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.47 per cent down at 20,090 around 01:15 pm on Wednesday with a majority of stocks
in the red. Shares of Whirlpool of India (down 4.28 per cent), PC Jeweller (down 3.82 per cent) and VIP Industries (down 3.76 per cent) were
the top losers in the index. Shares of Voltas (down 1.63 per cent), Titan Company (down 1.52 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer
Electricals (down 1.08 per cent) suffered losses of over 1 per cent. TTK Prestige (down 0.85 per cent), Symphony (down 0.25 per cent) and
Rajesh Exports (down 0.08 per cent) too were in the red
Blue Star (up 0.70 per cent) was the only stock in the consumer durables index that was in the green at that time
Benchmark BSE Sensex was 36 points down at 37,255, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 15 points at 11,264
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red
In the Sensex pack, 17 stocks were advancing and 14 were declining. Coal India, ONGC, Tata Steel, Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto were leading
among Sensex scrips. Maruti, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, HDFC and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex index.