Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(up 4.99%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(up 4.32%), Gillette India Ltd.(up 3.78%), Marico Ltd.(up 3.50%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 3.39%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 3.09%), Emami Ltd.(up 2.73%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 2.64%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 2.32%) and Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 2.31%) stood among the top gainers.

Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(down 2.71%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(down 1.10%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd.(down 1.02%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(down 0.69%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(down 0.62%) and Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(down 0.08%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 126.0 points at 24340.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 426.85 points at 79942.18.
Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 4.24%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 3.09%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.55%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 2.03%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 1.91%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.76%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.72%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.44%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.92%) and UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

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