Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market rises

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares closed lower in the Monday's session.

Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 6.69%), Future Consumer Ltd.(up 5.01%), Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(up 3.08%), Marico Ltd.(up 2.60%), Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 2.12%), Emami Ltd.(up 1.82%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.77%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 1.71%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 1.03%) and Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 0.39%) stood among the top gainers.

ADF Foods Ltd.(down 3.56%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(down 3.35%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(down 2.87%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(down 2.70%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(down 2.48%), Jyothy Labs Ltd.(down 2.10%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(down 1.97%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.95%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(down 1.88%) and Zydus Wellness Ltd.(down 1.86%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 33.15 points down at 22442.7, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 17.39 points at 73895.54.

Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 6.69%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 5.02%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 2.03%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.77%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.46%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.2%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.12%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.95%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.94%) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.8%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Titan Company Ltd.(down 7.19%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 3.97%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 3.12%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.95%), State Bank of India(down 2.85%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.3%), NTPC Ltd.(down 2.24%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.92%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 1.59%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 1.39%) closed in the red.