Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares closed higher in the Monday’s session.

EIFFL(up 3.85%), Bajaj Consumer(up 2.65%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(up 2.01%), Umang Dairies(up 1.89%), Varun Beverages(up 1.42%), Prataap Snacks(up 1.25%), Parag Milk(up 1.16%), Marico(up 1.16%), Heritage Foods(up 0.96%) and Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 0.56%) stood among the top gainers.

ADF Foods(down 1.74%), Nakoda Group(down 1.65%), Vadilal Industries(down 1.39%), Future Consumer(down 1.32%), Emami(down 1.20%), Britannia Industries(down 1.10%), Dodla Dairy(down 0.82%), Zydus Wellness(down 0.74%), Hind.Foods(down 0.55%) and P & G Hygiene(down 0.41%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 50.75 points up at 17945.95, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 76.72 points at 60135.78.

Tata Motors(up 8.57%), Coal India(up 4.46%), Maruti Suzuki(up 3.64%), Grasim Industries(up 3.31%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 3.06%), Hindalco Industries(up 2.92%), ITC(up 2.74%), NTPC(up 2.62%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 2.52%) and State Bank of India(up 2.46%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Tata Consultancy(down 6.35%), Tech Mahindra(down 2.76%), Infosys(down 1.91%), HCL Technologies(down 1.46%), Wipro(down 1.26%), Britannia Industries(down 1.1%), Reliance Industries(down 0.7%), Bharti Airtel(down 0.67%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 0.66%) and Larsen & Toubro(down 0.58%) closed in the red.

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