Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market rises

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

Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(up 5.81%), Nakoda Group(up 3.79%), Zydus Wellness(up 2.49%), Prataap Snacks(up 2.37%), Dodla Dairy(up 1.46%), Future Consumer(up 1.34%), Emami(up 1.15%), ADF Foods(up 0.84%), Dangee Dums(up 0.53%) and Parag Milk(up 0.53%) stood among the top gainers.

EIFFL(down 4.66%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(down 3.87%), DFM Foods(down 1.35%), Dabur India(down 1.32%), Hindustan Unilever(down 1.10%), Jyothy Labs(down 1.08%), Godrej Consumer Products(down 0.94%), Tasty Bite Eatables(down 0.80%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 0.70%) and Varun Beverages(down 0.58%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 104.85 points up at 17895.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 381.23 points at 60059.06.

Reliance Industries(up 3.84%), Wipro(up 2.83%), Infosys(up 1.94%), Tata Motors(up 1.71%), Tech Mahindra(up 1.61%), UPL Ltd(up 1.44%), HCL Technologies(up 1.21%), Tata Consultancy(up 1.1%), Tata Steel(up 0.93%) and Larsen & Toubro(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, SBI Life(down 1.53%), NTPC(down 1.19%), Coal India(down 1.18%), Hindustan Unilever(down 1.1%), Shree Cement(down 1.08%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.86%), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.83%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 0.82%), Hindalco Industries(down 0.81%) and Titan Company Ltd(down 0.72%) closed in the red.

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