Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market rises

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

Nakoda Group(up 4.97%), EIFFL(up 4.97%), Parag Milk(up 3.66%), ADF Foods(up 2.71%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(up 2.59%), Varun Beverages(up 1.12%), Godrej Consumer Products(up 1.09%), Tasty Bite Eatables(up 0.92%), Umang Dairies(up 0.74%) and Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 0.49%) stood among the top gainers.

Emami(down 1.02%), Vadilal Industries(down 0.99%), Britannia Industries(down 0.96%), Dangee Dums(down 0.76%), Hind.Foods(down 0.75%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.62%), P & G Hygiene(down 0.58%), Nestle India(down 0.58%), Marico(down 0.54%) and Zydus Wellness(down 0.47%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 144.35 points up at 17790.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 488.1 points at 59677.83.

Tata Motors(up 12.04%), Titan Company Ltd(up 10.6%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 5.29%), Maruti Suzuki(up 4.07%), Eicher Motors(up 3.37%), IndusInd Bank(up 3.08%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 2.83%), Asian Paints(up 2.45%), HCL Technologies(up 2.42%) and Tech Mahindra(up 2.28%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(down 4.58%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 1.32%), Coal India(down 1.11%), Britannia Industries(down 0.96%), HDFC(down 0.87%), Bajaj Finserv(down 0.83%), Divis Laboratories(down 0.75%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.62%), Nestle India(down 0.58%) and Grasim Industries(down 0.44%) closed in the red.

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