Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls
LT Foods Ltd.(up 5.16%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 3.92%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 3.61%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 2.30%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd.(up 1.91%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 1.90%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 1.70%), Emami Ltd.(up 1.38%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 1.32%) and Nestle India Ltd.(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers.
ADF Foods Ltd.(down 3.39%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 3.03%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(down 1.77%), Marico Ltd.(down 1.68%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(down 1.42%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(down 1.15%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(down 1.13%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd.(down 0.97%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(down 0.96%) and Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd.(down 0.96%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 1.15 points up at 25279.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 4.4 points at 82555.44.
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.12%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.81%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.45%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 1.44%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 1.37%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.23%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 0.94%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 0.84%), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.68%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.64%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 1.23%), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.19%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.16%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.02%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 1.01%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.94%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.9%), NTPC
