Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market rises
Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 5.75%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(up 3.80%), LT Foods Ltd.(up 3.00%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 2.36%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 2.30%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 1.83%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 1.53%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 1.09%), Gillette India Ltd.(up 0.99%) and Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 0.33%) stood among the top gainers.
Umang Dairies Ltd.(down 5.01%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 4.83%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(down 2.55%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(down 2.25%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(down 2.20%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(down 2.13%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(down 1.84%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(down 1.69%), Marico Ltd.(down 1.56%) and Emami Ltd.(down 1.47%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 4.75 points up at 24143.75, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 149.85 points at 79105.88.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 2.35%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 2.11%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.44%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.4%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 1.05%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.01%), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.95%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.85%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.83%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.81%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 4.11%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 3.3%), Coal India Ltd.(down 3.27%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 2.39%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 2.31%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.13%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.94%), Tata Steel
