Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

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

Umang Dairies(up 7.86%), DFM Foods(up 5.98%), Parag Milk(up 5.24%), Euro India Fresh Foods(up 4.16%), Hind.Foods(up 4.13%), Tasty Bite Eatables(up 3.12%), ADF Foods(up 2.82%), Bajaj Consumer(up 2.79%), Nestle India(up 2.79%) and JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(up 2.69%) stood among the top gainers.

Dodla Dairy(down 1.68%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 1.62%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.77%), P & G Hygiene(down 0.56%), Emami(down 0.44%) and Vadilal Industries(down 0.02%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 143.0 points up at 18268.4, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 383.21 points at 61350.26.

Tata Motors(up 5.99%), Tata Steel(up 3.89%), SBI Life(up 3.75%), Titan Company Ltd(up 3.18%), JSW Steel(up 2.98%), Nestle India(up 2.79%), Bajaj Finance(up 2.73%), Hindalco Industries(up 2.7%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 2.62%) and UPL Ltd(up 2.58%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, IndusInd Bank(down 1.94%), ICICI Bank(down 1.46%), Power Grid Corporation of India(down 1.17%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.77%), NTPC(down 0.49%), Axis Bank(down 0.38%), Tata Consultancy(down 0.3%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 0.29%), HDFC Bank(down 0.26%) and Infosys(down 0.23%) closed in the red.

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