Stock market update: FMCG stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares closed lower in the Thursday’s session.

ADF Foods Ltd.(up 9.14%) and Future Consumer Ltd.(up 4.35%) stood among the top gainers.

Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(down 7.40%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(down 5.46%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(down 4.32%), Patanjali Foods Ltd.(down 4.06%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(down 3.88%), Tasty Bite Eatables Ltd.(down 3.58%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(down 3.18%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 3.03%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(down 3.00%) and Dangee Dums Ltd.(down 2.85%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 345.0 points down at 21957.5, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 1062.22 points at 72404.17.

Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 3.28%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.8%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.39%), State Bank of India(up 1.12%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.12%), Infosys Ltd.(up 0.86%) and HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.49%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 6.07%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 4.69%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 4.54%), Coal India Ltd.(down 4.52%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 4.19%), ITC Ltd.(down 3.61%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 3.56%), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 3.5%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 3.49%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 3.29%) closed in the red.