NEW DELHI: The consumer durables index was trading as the top loser among the sectoral indices on BSE during afternoon trade on Thursday.The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 2.36 per cent down at 19,715 around 01:10 pm, with Titan Company (down 4.95 per cent), PC Jeweller (down 2.47 per cent), Voltas (down 1.27 per cent), Symphony (down 0.47 per cent) and Rajesh Exports (down 0.28 per cent) as losers.On the other hand, VIP Industries (up 0.57 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 0.54 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (up 0.44 per cent), Whirlpool of India (up 0.41 per cent) and Blue Star (up 0.32 per cent) featured as the gainers in the index.Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 12 points at 35,658, while the NSE Nifty50 index was flat at 10,773.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
In the Sensex index, 16 stocks were advancing while 15 were declining.
YES Bank, ITC and Asian Paints were leading among the Sensex index.However, Infosys, Vedanta, Tata Motors and Tata Steel were among the top losers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.