Nestle India Q2 net profit: The fall in profit was led by a rise in input costs, with higher cocoa and milk prices weighing on margins. Operating expenses also climbed amid the ongoing festive season.
Stocks including Epack Prefab, Nestle, Jain Resource Recycling, Lupin, Reliance Power, Adani Enterprises, JP Associates, RITES and more will be in the spotlight on Wednesday, October 01.
Nestle India shares ended 0.61% lower at Rs 1187.80 on BSE today. Market cap of the firm stood at Rs 2.29 lakh crore.
Benchmark indices closed on a strong note. Nifty closed 169 points up at 25,239 mark on its expiry. Sensex closed 594 points up at 82,380 mark. Except FMCG, all other sectoral indices ended in the green with auto, realty, telecom up 1% each. Kotak Mahindra Bank, L&T, Maruti Suzuki, Bharti Airtel, Tata Steel were among major gainers on the Nifty, while losers were Shriram Finance, Bajaj Finance, Tata Consumer, Nestle, Asian Paints. Catch Market closing action with Sakshi Batra in conversation with Sunny Agrawal, DVP, Head of Fundamental Desk, SBI Securities decoding market moves, India, US trade talks and upcoming fed meeting
Nomura India's top picks from the FMCG sector include Marico, Tata Consumer Products, and Britannia, anticipating that these companies will be among the primary beneficiaries of the GST rate rationalisation.
Nestle India ex-bonus: The multibagger FMCG stock is showing up to 50 per cent fall in some trading apps today as all these the shares turned ex-bonus, adjusting to the corporate action.
Stocks including LIC of India, Bharti Airtel, Titan Company, BSE, AU Small Finance Bank, Cummins, HPCL, Zydus Life, Nestle, and more will be in the spotlight on Friday, August 08.
Tata Consumer saw 9.7 per cent earnings upgrade for FY26. It was followed by Eicher Motors (3.8 per cent), IndusInd Bank (2.6 per cent), Wipro (2 per cent), ICICI Bank (1.9 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India (1.1 per cent).
Nestle India saw its net profit decrease by 13.4% to Rs 646.6 crore in Q1 due to increased raw material and finance costs.
Stocks including Nykaa, DMart, YES Bank, Nestle India, Indogulf Cropsciences, Auro Pharma, RVNL, PNB Housing, Hindustan Zinc and more will be in the spotlight on Thursday, July 03.
Companies like Nestle add food colour because off-colour foods are generally considered inferior in quality, and the colour of food can also influence how its flavour is perceived.





