Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Jyothy Labs(up 3.76%), Tasty Bite Eatables(up 3.10%), ADF Foods(up 1.87%), Varun Beverages(up 1.78%), Hindustan Foods(up 1.16%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(up 1.16%), Patanjali Foods(up 1.15%), Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 0.98%), Hindustan Unilever(up 0.92%) and Zydus Wellness(up 0.79%) stood among the top gainers.
Future Consumer(down 5.88%), Bajaj Consumer(down 1.30%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 1.27%), Nakoda Group(down 0.97%), Dangee Dums(down 0.96%), Prataap Snacks(down 0.79%), Marico(down 0.78%), Heritage Foods(down 0.62%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 0.62%) and Godrej Consumer Products(down 0.57%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 36.8 points up at 19443.5, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 33.21 points at 64975.61.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 3.05%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 2.65%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 2.04%), Cipla Ltd.(up 2.01%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 1.27%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 1.19%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 1.18%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.17%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 1.11%) and JSW Steel Ltd.(up 1.08%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.3%), NTPC Ltd.(down 1.02%), Infosys Ltd.(down 0.94%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.85%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 0.62%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 0.59%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 0.5%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 0.5%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.49%) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 0.48%) closed in the red.