Stock market update: FMCG stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares closed higher in the Thursday's session.

P & G Hygiene(up 5.31%), Hindustan Unilever(up 5.21%), Tasty Bite Eatables(up 4.46%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(up 3.58%), Dabur India(up 3.33%), Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 3.31%), Britannia Industries(up 3.17%), Nestle India(up 2.94%), Dodla Dairy(up 2.44%) and Hind.Foods(up 1.92%) stood among the top gainers.

Vadilal Industries(down 4.05%), ADF Foods(down 2.84%), Nakoda Group(down 1.05%), Umang Dairies(down 0.90%), Dangee Dums(down 0.45%), DFM Foods(down 0.33%), Gillette India(down 0.27%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(down 0.27%), Euro India Fresh Foods(down 0.22%) and Jyothy Labs(down 0.04%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 249.55 points up at 16594.9, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 817.06 points at 55464.39.

Hindustan Unilever(up 5.21%), Tata Steel(up 4.25%), Grasim Industries(up 4.12%), State Bank of India(up 3.76%), JSW Steel(up 3.76%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(up 3.58%), Indian Oil Corporation(up 3.42%), Tata Motors(up 3.38%), IndusInd Bank(up 3.31%) and Britannia Industries(up 3.17%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Coal India(down 4.13%), Tech Mahindra(down 1.29%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.97%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(down 0.6%), Tata Consultancy(down 0.32%) and UPL Ltd(down 0.14%) closed in the red.