Stock market update: Titan, Volats boost consumer durables index

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: The BSE Consumer Durables index was trading 1.02 per cent up at 22,076 around 02:50 pm, backed by gains in Titan Company (up 2.21
per cent), Voltas (up 1.71 per cent) and PC Jeweller (up 1.26 per cent)
Shares of Blue Star (up 1.20 per cent), TTK Prestige (up 1.09 per cent) and Symphony (up 0.13 per cent) too were up
Rajesh Exports (down 2.95 per cent), however, along with VIP Industries (down 1.51 per cent) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals
(down 0.40 per cent) was suffering
Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 334 points at 37,997, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 94 points at 11,479
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red
In the Sensex index, 22 stocks were advancing, while 9 were declining. YES Bank, Vedanta and State Bank of India were leading among Sensex
scrips
ITC, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India were the top contributors to the rally in Sensex.