FMCG stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods index falling 137.53 points or 0.61% at 22496.45 at 13:42 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Fast Moving Consumer Goods index, Varun Beverages Ltd (down 5.92%), Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (down 1.88%),Prataap Snacks Ltd (down 1.4%),Dodla Dairy Ltd (down 1.36%),Avanti Feeds Ltd (down 1.16%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Doms Industries Ltd (down 1.15%), Agro Tech Foods Ltd (down 1.15%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd (down 1.06%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Ltd (down 0.9%), and Mrs Bectors Food Specialities Ltd (down 0.8%).
On the other hand, Foods & Inns Ltd (up 5.75%), Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd (up 5.55%), and Venkys (India) Ltd (up 5.03%) moved up.
At 13:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 490.32 or 0.89% at 55418.49.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was up 113.88 points or 0.69% at 16645.03.
The Nifty 50 index was up 60.65 points or 0.24% at 24896.75.
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The BSE Sensex index was up 220.6 points or 0.27% at 81576.44.
On BSE,2310 shares were trading in green, 1542 were trading in red and 127 were unchanged.
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