Among the components of the BSE Consumer Durables index, Dixon Technologies (India) Ltd (up 4.39%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd (up 1.67%),Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd (up 1.36%),Havells India Ltd (up 0.9%),Supreme Industries Ltd (up 0.69%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd (up 0.46%), Titan Company Ltd (up 0.22%), Voltas Ltd (up 0.15%), and Blue Star Ltd (up 0.13%).
On the other hand, Whirlpool of India Ltd (down 1.27%), turned lower.
At 09:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 351.34 or 0.72% at 49096.76.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 112.89 points or 0.76% at 15032.39.
The Nifty 50 index was up 55.35 points or 0.23% at 24180.9.
The BSE Sensex index was up 223.51 points or 0.28% at 79632.01.
On BSE,2219 shares were trading in green, 908 were trading in red and 138 were unchanged.