Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: FMCG stocks were trading higher on Tuesday at 10:55AM

Future Consumer(up 3.23%), Heritage Foods(up 2.02%), Euro India Fresh Foods(up 1.78%), Vadilal Industries(up 1.29%), Marico(up 1.16%), Dangee Dums(up 1.04%), Nakoda Group(up 0.70%), Prataap Snacks(up 0.67%), Gillette India(up 0.58%) and Hindustan Foods(up 0.57%) were among the top gainers.

P & G Hygiene(down 0.57%), Varun Beverages(down 0.55%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.32%), Jyothy Labs(down 0.24%), Zydus Wellness(down 0.09%), Britannia Industries(down 0.08%) and Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 0.02%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 37.25 points up at 18234.7, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 104.8 points at 61272.59 at around 10:55AM.

HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(up 4.33%), IndusInd Bank(up 1.56%), Bajaj Finance(up 1.13%), Bajaj Auto(up 1.08%), SBI Life(up 1.05%), Axis Bank(up 0.89%), Tech Mahindra(up 0.79%), Tata Consultancy(up 0.74%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 0.72%) and Divis Laboratories(up 0.69%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Tata Steel(down 0.8%), Hindalco Industries(down 0.7%), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.54%), JSW Steel(down 0.5%), ITC(down 0.32%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.31%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(down 0.3%), Bharti Airtel(down 0.2%), Reliance Industries(down 0.19%) and Britannia Industries(down 0.14%) were trading in the red.