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NEW DELHI: Gains in shares of Tata Global Beverages (up 1.62 per cent), Dabur India (up 1.22 per cent), Britannia Industries (up 1.13 per cent) and ITC (up 1.06 per cent) were keeping the Nifty FMCG index in the green in Monday's session.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.69 per cent up at 32,609.45 around 01:15 pm.
The losses in shares of Emami (down 2.27 per cent), Marico (down 0.91 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.62 per cent), Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (down 0.53 per cent) and Colgate-Palmolive (India) (down 0.18 per cent) capped the gains for the index.
Jubilant Foodworks (up 1.05 per cent), United Spirits (up 0.70 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.48 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (up 0.40 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.39 per cent) and United Breweries (up 0.34 per cent) were also among the gainers in the FMCG index.
Positive global cues and healthy gains in bank, finance, metal and energy stocks were keeping the equity benchmarks aloft.
The NSE Nifty50 index was up 124.10 points at 11,681.20, while the BSE Sensex was up 431.93 points at 38,683.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 were trading in the green, while 6 were in red.
Over 50 stocks, including Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, AstraZeneca Pharma India, Bajaj Finance and Birla Cable, touched 52-week highs on NSE.
However, over 45 stocks, including Bafna Pharmaceuticals, Alchemist, AYM Syntex, Bombay Rayon Fashions and D B Realty, hit 52-week lows.
