Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market falls

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Hindustan Foods(up 3.39%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(up 3.19%), Nakoda Group(up 2.38%), Euro India Fresh Foods(up 2.35%), Dangee Dums(up 0.45%), Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 0.15%), Parag Milk(up 0.10%) and Varun Beverages(up 0.08%) were among the top gainers.
Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 2.78%), Gillette India(down 1.81%), Dabur India(down 1.79%), Britannia Industries(down 1.48%), Prataap Snacks(down 1.42%), Emami(down 1.31%), Bajaj Consumer(down 1.17%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 1.10%), ADF Foods(down 0.99%) and Vadilal Industries(down 0.95%) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 159.85 points down at 19973.45, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 574.02 points at 67022.82 at around 10:24AM.
Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.41%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.21%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.19%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.04%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.77%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.71%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.67%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.62%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.58%) and NTPC Ltd.(up 0.58%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 3.78%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 2.29%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 1.75%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 1.66%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.48%), UPL Ltd.(down 1.4%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.3%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.15%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.1%) and Dr.

Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.98%) were trading in the red.