NEW DELHI: FMCG shares closed higher in the Monday’s session.
Future Consumer Ltd.(up 5.56%), Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 2.11%), Gillette India Ltd.(up 0.84%), Hindustan Foods Ltd.(up 0.73%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd.(up 0.51%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 0.25%) stood among the top gainers.
Umang Dairies Ltd.(down 5.75%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(down 4.45%), Jyothy Labs Ltd.(down 3.36%), Honasa Consumer Ltd.(down 3.30%), Dodla Dairy Ltd.(down 3.29%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(down 2.93%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(down 2.70%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(down 2.69%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(down 2.58%) and Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(down 2.54%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 27.2 points up at 22405.6, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 66.14 points at 73872.29.
NTPC Ltd.(up 3.55%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 3.04%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.72%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 2.69%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 2.44%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 2.07%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.55%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.54%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(up 1.1%) and Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.92%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 2.83%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 2.45%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.0%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.87%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.7%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.64%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.48%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.39%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 1.27%) and Infosys Ltd.(down 1.16%) closed in the red.
