Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market falls

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

Dangee Dums(up 11.09%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(up 3.69%), Euro India Fresh Foods(up 2.88%), Heritage Foods(up 2.22%), Tasty Bite Eatables(up 2.15%), Emami(up 1.57%), Jyothy Labs(up 1.41%), Gillette India(up 1.41%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(up 1.08%) and ADF Foods(up 0.88%) stood among the top gainers.

Bajaj Consumer(down 5.97%), Nakoda Group(down 2.17%), Parag Milk(down 1.87%), Zydus Wellness(down 1.86%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 1.67%), Marico(down 1.56%), Godrej Consumer Products(down 1.42%), Umang Dairies(down 1.32%), Vadilal Industries(down 1.07%) and Dodla Dairy(down 1.01%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 40.7 points down at 17888.95, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 109.4 points at 60029.06.

Maruti Suzuki(up 2.31%), Titan Company Ltd(up 1.98%), NTPC(up 1.75%), State Bank of India(up 1.16%), Larsen & Toubro(up 1.13%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(up 1.08%), Bajaj Finance(up 0.56%), Hindustan Unilever(up 0.49%), Axis Bank(up 0.47%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.44%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Tata Steel(down 3.75%), Grasim Industries(down 2.51%), JSW Steel(down 2.34%), Tech Mahindra(down 2.07%), Hindalco Industries(down 2.04%), HCL Technologies(down 1.56%), Reliance Industries(down 1.46%), IndusInd Bank(down 1.35%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 1.3%) and Power Grid Corporation of India(down 1.2%) closed in the red.

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