Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls
Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 5.00%), ADF Foods Ltd.(up 4.49%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 4.09%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 4.05%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 3.32%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 2.40%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 2.36%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(up 2.36%), Gillette India Ltd.(up 1.98%) and Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 1.92%) stood among the top gainers.
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.(down 3.81%), Dabur India Ltd.(down 2.79%), Marico Ltd.(down 2.18%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(down 2.13%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 2.05%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.94%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.79%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 1.56%), LT Foods Ltd.(down 1.51%) and Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd.(down 1.34%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 65.55 points down at 24413.5, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 280.16 points at 80148.88.
HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 4.49%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 2.93%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.68%), NTPC Ltd.(up 2.66%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 2.59%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.39%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 1.72%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.4%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.12%) and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 0.87%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 2.45%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 2.05%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.94%), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.9%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.79%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down
