Bajaj Consumer(up 1.47%), Hindustan Foods(up 1.42%), Colgate Palmolive(India)(up 1.31%), P & G Hygiene(up 1.11%), DFM Foods(up 0.74%), Mrs Bectors Food Specialities(up 0.44%), Dodla Dairy(up 0.29%), Varun Beverages(up 0.29%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories(up 0.22%) and ADF Foods(up 0.21%) stood among the top gainers.

Hatsun Agro Product Ltd(down 3.95%), Nestle India(down 2.84%), Hindustan Unilever(down 2.63%), Jyothy Labs(down 2.44%), Britannia Industries(down 2.33%), Heritage Foods(down 2.06%), Euro India Fresh Foods(down 1.86%), Prataap Snacks(down 1.50%), Tasty Bite Eatables(down 1.39%) and Dangee Dums(down 1.37%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 74.4 points down at 17656.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 287.7 points at 59543.96.

Tech Mahindra(up 3.28%), Maruti Suzuki(up 2.73%), JSW Steel(up 2.34%), Larsen & Toubro(up 2.06%), Eicher Motors(up 1.91%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 1.48%), NTPC(up 1.44%), State Bank of India(up 1.41%), Grasim Industries(up 0.92%) and Mahindra & Mahindra(up 0.82%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Nestle India(down 2.84%), Hindustan Unilever(down 2.63%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 2.6%), Bajaj Finserv(down 2.54%), Britannia Industries(down 2.33%), UPL Ltd(down 1.93%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(down 1.54%), Reliance Industries(down 1.54%), HDFC(down 1.52%) and HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 1.5%) closed in the red.