Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises
Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 14.65%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(up 4.98%), Gillette India Ltd.(up 3.13%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 2.83%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 2.73%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(up 2.66%), Marico Ltd.(up 2.63%), Emami Ltd.(up 2.42%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 2.03%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.86%) stood among the top gainers.
Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(down 2.30%), ADF Foods Ltd.(down 2.25%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(down 1.97%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(down 1.72%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(down 1.65%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(down 1.05%), Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(down 0.95%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(down 0.81%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(down 0.73%) and Varun Beverages Ltd.(down 0.53%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 187.85 points up at 24800.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 626.91 points at 81343.46.
LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 3.5%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 3.29%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 2.81%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 2.6%), Wipro Ltd.(up 2.42%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.28%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 1.92%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.86%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.86%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.45%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.41%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 1.37%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 1.26%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 0.95%), NTPC Ltd.(down 0.71%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 0.55%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down
