Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

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

Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 5.00%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(up 1.82%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(up 1.80%), Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 1.66%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.63%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd.(up 1.60%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd.(up 1.22%), Dabur India Ltd.(up 1.01%), ADF Foods Ltd.(up 0.95%) and Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 0.93%) stood among the top gainers.

Nakoda Group(down 4.90%), Emami(down 0.86%), Britannia Industries(down 0.72%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.66%), Future Consumer(down 0.66%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(down 0.62%), P & G Hygiene(down 0.54%), Colgate Palmolive(India)(down 0.31%), Nestle India(down 0.29%) and Gillette India(down 0.26%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 159.2 points up at 17691.25, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 533.74 points at 59299.32.

Divis Laboratories(up 8.04%), Hindalco Industries(up 4.41%), NTPC(up 4.04%), Bajaj Finserv(up 3.66%), Tata Motors(up 2.61%), State Bank of India(up 2.55%), Bajaj Finance(up 2.29%), Tata Steel(up 2.03%), Tech Mahindra(up 2.03%) and SBI Life(up 1.8%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Cipla(down 2.91%), Grasim Industries(down 2.15%), UPL Ltd(down 1.36%), Eicher Motors(down 0.96%), Indian Oil Corporation(down 0.9%), Britannia Industries(down 0.72%), Bajaj Auto(down 0.69%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.66%), Titan Company Ltd(down 0.39%) and HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 0.38%) closed in the red.

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