Brands look to leverage the sharply rising consumer interest in external cleanliness, launch new campaigns and products
A sharp surge in share prices during the last week of May helped the markets improve their returns scorecard for the month. The benchmark Sensex and Nifty ended with losses of 3.8% and 2.8%
The performance of banking stocks is likely to weigh on the markets
Here are the top 10 business headlines for Thursday morning
With job losses and redundancies looming large, firms have taken to the idea of reskilling their workforce with gusto
A 55-ml pack of ITC's Savlon, on the other hand, will now be available for Rs 27 versus Rs 77 earlier
Valuation of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) eroded by Rs 54,961.45 crore to Rs 6,46,732.07 crore and that of HDFC dropped by Rs 54,479.15 crore to Rs 3,03,722.13 crore.
Jyothy Labs' Managing Director MR Jyothy said better hygiene habits were the need of the hour
For Sun Pharma, keep a stop at 407 and go short
ICICI Securities, Nippon Life India Asset Management, AU Small Finance Bank, and CreditAccess Grameen also scaled their fresh peaks today.
A slowing economy pushes the two to come together to develop a joint engagement platform for rural consumers
From Satya Nadella's India visit later this month to analysts' take on consumption stocks, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day
Revised target price indicates upside of 7-10% from current level
Among the sectoral indices on the NSE, Nifty FMCG gained the most - up nearly 2 per cent to 30,986 points, followed by Nifty Metal and Nifty Auto indices
The company's volume growth is also ahead of the overall FMCG sector's
The Indian tea portfolio includes brands such as Brooke Bond Red Label, 3 Roses, Taaza, Taj Mahal and Lipton green tea
In view of the ongoing slowdown, which has impacted demand in rural India, ITC doubled its rural stockist network in the current fiscal year
Dabur India and Jubliant FoodWorks have hit their respective 52-week highs, while Tata Global Beverages and Nestle India were trading close to 52-week highs on the NSE on Thursday.
TCS, HDFC, HUL, ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank were the other bluechips which witnessed a rally in their market capitalisation
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