Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market falls

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Prataap Snacks(up 10.01%), Dodla Dairy(up 5.65%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(up 3.40%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(up 1.98%), Marico(up 1.43%), Bikaji Foods International(up 1.29%), Heritage Foods(up 0.69%), Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 0.60%), Jyothy Labs(up 0.45%) and Dangee Dums(up 0.38%) were among the top gainers. Bajaj Consumer(down 2.18%), Dabur India(down 1.33%), Adani Wilmar(down 1.02%), Sheetal Cool Products(down 0.98%), Patanjali Foods(down 0.82%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.69%), Nestle India(down 0.57%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 0.33%), Tasty Bite Eatables(down 0.33%) and TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 0.24%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 42.95 points down at 19483.6, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 157.74 points at 65625.04 at around 10:09AM. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 2.76%), Bajaj Auto(up 1.32%), NTPC(up 1.3%), Divis Laboratories(up 1.26%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.98%), Eicher Motors(up 0.66%), Cipla(up 0.5%), ITC(up 0.42%), Larsen & Toubro(up 0.38%) and Adani Enterprises(up 0.36%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.