FMCG shares edge higher

22 Aug 2022 , 10:00 AM

Among the components of the S&P BSE FMCG Sector index, CCL Products (India) Ltd (up 6.25%), Indo National Ltd (up 2.95%),Eveready Industries India Ltd (up 2.25%),DFM Foods Ltd (up 1.56%),Vadilal Industries Ltd (up 1.2%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were AVT Natural Products Ltd (up 1.04%), Gillette India Ltd (up 0.99%), Goodricke Group Ltd (up 0.93%), Britannia Industries Ltd (up 0.82%), and Hindustan Unilever Ltd (up 0.72%). On the other hand, Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd (down 5.08%), Varun Beverages Ltd (down 3.37%), and Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd (down 2.81%) moved lower.At 09:46 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 491 or 0.82% at 59155.15.The Nifty 50 index was down 152.35 points or 0.86% at 17606.1.The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 297.01 points or 1.05% at 27878.37.The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 111.6 points or 1.26% at 8751.41.On BSE,959 shares were trading in green, 1920 were trading in red and 159 were unchanged.Powered by Capital Market – Live News