Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls
ADF Foods Ltd.(up 5.67%), Dabur India Ltd.(up 1.86%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.69%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.52%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 1.40%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 1.39%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(up 1.16%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.00%), Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 1.00%) and Adani Wilmar Ltd.(up 0.90%) stood among the top gainers.
Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(down 2.22%), Prataap Snacks Ltd.(down 1.96%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(down 1.95%), LT Foods Ltd.(down 1.73%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.51%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(down 1.25%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(down 1.16%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd.(down 1.06%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd.(down 1.01%) and Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(down 0.98%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 81.15 points down at 25198.7, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 202.8 points at 82352.64.
Asian Paints Ltd.(up 2.44%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.88%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.69%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 1.26%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.18%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 1.05%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.66%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.61%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 0.53%) and Reliance Industries Ltd.(up 0.36%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Wipro Ltd.(down 3.16%), Coal India Ltd.(down 3.07%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 2.43%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 1.79%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.27%),
