Stock market update: Titan pulls BSE Consumer Durables index up 2%

NEW DELHI: S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading higher at 02:05PM (IST) on Wednesday.

Shares of Titan Company Ltd (up 4.82 per cent) and Blue Star (up 2.52 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Rajesh Exports (down 2.29 per cent), Crompton (down 1.57 per cent), Whirlpool of India (down 1.14 per cent), Symphony (down 1.06 per cent) and VIP Industries (down 1.02 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The S&P BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.91 per cent up at 24566.19 around 02:05PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 64.75 points at 11727.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 271.61 points at 39846.18.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Trident Ltd, YES Bank, Vedanta and Alok Industries were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Thyrocare Technologies Ltd., Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd., Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., Dr. Lal Pathlabs Ltd. and Aarti Drugs hit their fresh 52 week high in today's trade, while 7NR Retail Ltd., Panth Infinity Ltd., Innovative Ideals and Services (India) Ltd., A & M Febcon Ltd., Saffron Industries Ltd., Viaan Industries Ltd., Spice Islands Apparels Ltd., SC Agrotech Ltd., Pazel International Ltd. and Libord Finance Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.