NEW DELHI: Strong losses in VIP Industries (down 4.99 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 4.32 per cent), Voltas (down 3.26 per cent) and Titan Company (down 2.44 per cent) dragged the BSE Consumer Durables index down in Wednesday's session.The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 2.24 per cent down at 20,743.55 around 02:45 pm.
Shares of Whirlpool of India (down 2.25 per cent), PC Jeweller (down 1.75 per cent) and Symphony (down 1.12 per cent) too were incurring losses.
However, TTK Prestige (up 1.54 per cent), Rajesh Exports (up 1.03 per cent) and Blue Star (up 0.89 per cent) were in the green around that time.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was 186 points down at 37,972, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 63 points at 11,457.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.
In the Sensex kitty of stocks, 11 stocks were advancing, while 20 were declining in trade.YES Bank, Wipro and Vedanta were trading up in the Sensex index.HUL, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex index.