NEW DELHI: Heavy losses in PC Jeweller (down 11.90 per cent) weighed on BSE Consumer Durables index during afternoon trade on Tuesday.The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 0.97 per cent down at 22,376 around 01:15 pm (IST).
Rajesh Exports (down 2.86 per cent), Whirlpool of India (down 1.41 per cent), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (down 0.66 per cent), Blue Star (down 0.35 per cent), Symphony (down 0.29 per cent) and Titan Company (down 0.28 per cent) were also in the red.VIP Industries (up 3.52 per cent) and Bajaj Electricals (up 0.37 per cent) were the two stocks in the index that were in the green around that time.
Losses in capital goods, consumer durables, telecom, pharma, auto and metal stocks pulled markets down.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was 12 points down at 35,196, while the NSE Nifty50 index was 10 points down at 10,706.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red.
In the Sensex index, 13 stocks were advancing, while 17 were declining.
One stock was appearing unchanged.
Mahindra Mahindra, IndusInd Bank and Larsen Toubro were the top losers in the Sensex index.
ICICI Bank and State Bank of India were leading the pack of Sensex gainers.