Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market falls

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

stood among the top gainers.

Parag Milk(down 10.03%), Heritage Foods(down 8.21%), ADF Foods(down 7.53%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(down 7.17%), Prataap Snacks(down 5.23%), Sheetal Cool Products(down 5.22%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(down 4.97%), Tasty Bite Eatables(down 4.97%), Umang Dairies(down 4.48%) and Jyothy Labs(down 4.48%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 260.9 points down at 19281.75, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 825.74 points at 64571.88.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.44%) and Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.38%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 3.95%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 3.55%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 3.19%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.79%), UPL Ltd.(down 2.77%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 2.65%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 2.51%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 2.41%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 2.38%) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.32%) closed in the red.