NEW DELHI: Shares of PC Jeweller (down 5.64 per cent), Bajaj Electricals (down 4.59 per cent), Whirlpool of India (down 1.43 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (down 1.36 per cent) were incurring losses during afternoon trade on Thursday, keeping the consumer durables index down.The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.61 per cent down at 21,112 around 02:55 pm.Shares of Blue Star (down 0.89 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 0.82 per cent), VIP Industries (down 0.35 per cent) and Titan Company (down 0.14 per cent) also were in the red.
TTK Prestige (up 2.76 per cent) and Symphony (up 1.75 per cent) were the two stocks in the consumer durables index that were up around that time.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 255 p oints at 34,599, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 62 points at 10,492.In the Sensex index, 21 stocks were in the green, while 10 in the red.Infosys, TCS and Sun Pharma were among top gainers in the Sensex index.Tata Motors, ONGC and Bajaj Auto were the top Sensex losers.