NEW DELHI: Consumer Durables shares were trading higher with the SP BSE Consumer Durables index trading 1.87 per cent up at 18,548.29 around 12:39 pm on Friday.
Shares of PC Jeweller (up 4.95 per cent), VIP Industries (up 4.27 per cent), Titan Company (up 3.15 per cent) and Blue Star (up 2.23 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.
TTK Prestige (up 1.78 per cent), Voltas (up 0.72 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 0.70 per cent) too, were among top performers.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 16.80 points at 10,108.1 while BSE Sensex was down 54.08 points at 33636.01 at that time.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, JP Associates, Reliance Communications, Equitas Holdings, Dewan Housing, Ambuja Cements, Adani Power, Infibeam Avenues, Suzlon Energy and LT Fin Holding were among the most traded shares on the NSE.