NEW DELHI: Strong losses in PC Jeweller (down 16.65 per cent), Symphony (down 3.17 per cent), Blue Star (down 2.77 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (down 2.76 per cent) were keeping the consumer durables index down during Monday's trade.The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.74 per cent down at 20,217 around 02:25 pm.Shares of Bajaj Electricals (down 1.89 per cent), Titan Company (down 1.67 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 0.11 per cent) were also under pressure.However, VIP Industries (up 1.79 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 0.63 per cent) and Whirlpool of India (up 0.51 per cent) were trading up around that time.
Equity markets were trading in the negative zone on selling in bank, realty, financial, auto and FMCG stocks.Investors restricted their bets ahead of RBI's monetary policy review meeting that concludes tomorrow.Benchmark BSE Sensex was 177 points down at 35,050, while the NSE Nifty50 index was down 59 points at 10,638.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 were trading in the green, while 33 were in the red.