Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Parag Milk(up 6.84%), Dodla Dairy(up 5.74%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(up 5.60%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(up 5.00%), Umang Dairies(up 4.64%), Bajaj Consumer(up 3.09%), P & G Hygiene(up 2.93%), Gillette India(up 2.89%), Varun Beverages(up 2.56%) and Patanjali Foods(up 1.89%) stood among the top gainers. Hindustan Foods(down 2.81%), Nakoda Group(down 1.91%), Bikaji Foods International(down 1.61%), Adani Wilmar(down 1.52%), Marico(down 1.50%), Emami(down 1.49%), Sheetal Cool Products(down 1.07%), Tasty Bite Eatables(down 0.93%), Dangee Dums(down 0.77%) and Euro India Fresh Foods(down 0.51%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 30.45 points up at 19465.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 137.5 points at 65539.42. Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(up 2.51%), UltraTech Cement(up 2.45%), NTPC(up 2.09%), Tata Motors(up 1.88%), Infosys(up 1.79%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.54%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 1.45%), Larsen & Toubro(up 1.17%), Maruti Suzuki(up 1.05%) and Wipro(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.