Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market falls

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

Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.98%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 1.15%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(up 1.07%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 0.73%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 0.73%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(up 0.52%), Gopal Snacks Ltd.(up 0.52%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 0.34%), Marico Ltd.(up 0.33%) and Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 0.24%) stood among the top gainers.

Future Consumer Ltd.(down 3.93%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(down 2.34%), ADF Foods Ltd.(down 2.18%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(down 1.76%), Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(down 1.67%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(down 1.65%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(down 1.44%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.44%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(down 0.99%) and Dabur India Ltd.(down 0.88%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 67.55 points down at 25082.3, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 247.01 points at 82253.46.

Eternal Ltd.(up 2.76%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 1.29%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.02%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 1.02%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 0.89%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.88%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 0.82%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.79%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.77%) and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.76%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Jio Financial Services Ltd.(down 2.06%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.61%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.57%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.57%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.55%), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.55%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.33%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 1.29%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 1.27%) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.13%) closed in the red.