Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Patanjali Foods Ltd.(up 5.36%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 5.12%), Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 4.81%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 4.44%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 2.58%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 2.49%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(up 2.43%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.83%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.81%) and Gillette India Ltd.(up 1.73%) stood among the top gainers.

Future Consumer Ltd.(down 5.01%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(down 2.44%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(down 2.10%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.04%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(down 1.37%), Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(down 0.66%), Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(down 0.57%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 0.49%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.(down 0.34%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 0.23%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 30.96 points down at 23259.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 203.28 points at 76490.08.
UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 3.48%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 2.82%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.52%), Cipla Ltd.(up 2.48%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.09%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.83%), NTPC Ltd.(up 1.2%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.12%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.12%) and Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 0.85%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.71%), Infosys Ltd.(down 2.21%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.92%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.75%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.49%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.43%), Tata Consultancy Services