Prataap Snacks(up 5.84%), Vadilal Industries(up 4.31%), Future Consumer(up 2.61%), Euro India Fresh Foods(up 2.46%), P & G Hygiene(up 1.95%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(up 1.48%), DFM Foods(up 1.10%), Heritage Foods(up 0.59%), Nestle India(up 0.58%) and Jyothy Labs(up 0.43%) stood among the top gainers.
Nakoda Group(down 3.87%), Parag Milk(down 3.22%), Godrej Consumer Products(down 2.07%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(down 1.86%), Umang Dairies(down 1.70%), Bajaj Consumer(down 1.68%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(down 1.50%), Britannia Industries(down 1.48%), Tasty Bite Eatables(down 1.07%) and Emami(down 1.02%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 138.5 points up at 18477.05, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 459.64 points at 61765.59.
Hindalco Industries(up 5.17%), Infosys(up 4.45%), Tech Mahindra(up 3.41%), JSW Steel(up 3.31%), Tata Steel(up 2.62%), ICICI Bank(up 2.5%), Tata Motors(up 2.41%), ITC(up 2.34%), Maruti Suzuki(up 2.14%) and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 1.92%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, HCL Technologies(down 2.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 2.2%), Asian Paints(down 1.71%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 1.64%), Britannia Industries(down 1.48%), Bajaj Auto(down 1.26%), HDFC Bank(down 1.01%), Eicher Motors(down 0.94%), Cipla(down 0.83%) and Hero MotoCorp(down 0.81%) closed in the red.
