FMCG stocks were trading lower on Thursday at 10:24AM. Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 10.78%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(up 0.65%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 0.58%), Euro India Fresh Foods Ltd.(up 0.48%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd.(up 0.23%), Marico Ltd.(up 0.22%) and Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(up 0.16%) were among the top gainers. Future Consumer Ltd.(down 5.27%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(down 4.91%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.49%), Umang Dairies Ltd.(down 1.79%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(down 1.66%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(down 1.45%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.37%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(down 1.32%), LT Foods Ltd.(down 1.24%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.18%) were among the top losers. The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 159.96 points down at 21895.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 524.85 points at 72098.24 at around 10:24AM. Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.66%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.27%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.26%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.21%), Tata Steel Ltd.(up 0.77%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.69%), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.53%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.48%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 0.47%) and ITC Ltd.(up 0.44%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack. On the other hand, Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 3.49%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.94%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 1.83%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 1.75%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.58%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.57%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 1.56%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 1.51%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 1.42%) and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.39%) were trading in the red.
Stock Market Update: FMCG Stocks Down as Market Falls
