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    Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market falls

    Synopsis

    The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 68.36 points at 66459.31

    Tech View
    Analysts see 15,900 to continue to pose as the immediate resistance.
    NEW DELHI: FMCG shares closed lower in the Tuesday's session.

    Heritage Foods(up 2.23%), Parag Milk(up 1.69%), Bajaj Consumer(up 1.57%), Gillette India(up 1.16%), Patanjali Foods(up 1.04%), Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(up 0.99%), Prataap Snacks(up 0.98%), Umang Dairies(up 0.97%), Nakoda Group(up 0.90%) and Sheetal Cool Products(up 0.89%) stood among the top gainers.

    Dodla Dairy(down 2.84%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(down 2.37%), Jyothy Labs(down 2.15%), Godrej Consumer Products(down 1.50%), P & G Hygiene(down 1.22%), Dabur India(down 1.19%), Vadilal Industries(down 1.14%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(down 0.72%), Hindustan Foods(down 0.68%) and Colgate Palmolive(India)(down 0.65%) were among the top losers of the day.

    The NSE Nifty50 index ended 20.25 points down at 19733.55, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 68.36 points at 66459.31.

    Coal India(up 4.84%), NTPC(up 3.11%), Tech Mahindra(up 2.51%), HCL Technologies(up 1.95%), LTIMindtree Ltd(up 1.75%), Eicher Motors(up 1.5%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 1.23%), Tata Consultancy(up 0.89%), Infosys(up 0.7%) and HDFC Bank(up 0.67%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

    On the other hand, Power Grid Corporation of India(down 5.36%), Hero MotoCorp(down 3.17%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(down 2.73%), IndusInd Bank(down 1.63%), Bajaj Finserv(down 1.62%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 1.61%), Reliance Industries(down 1.41%), State Bank of India(down 1.35%), Divis Laboratories(down 1.22%) and Maruti Suzuki(down 1.06%) closed in the red.
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