Heavy rains in Q2FY26 adversely affected seasonal categories such as carbonated drinks, ready-to-drink juices, beer, ice creams, and hair/skin summer care products.
Technical charts show that FMCG shares - ITC, HUL, Nestle India, Colgate-Palmolive and Marico were trading near key support levels; a downside breakout can trigger a fall up to 13% from here.
Motilal Oswal continues to favour leading staples companies, including HUL, GCPL and Marico, as beneficiaries of renewed consumption momentum.
The GST Council has the rates on several staple and essential categories from 18 per cent to 5 per cent
Nifty FMCG rose 2.66 per cent in early deals after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, simplified the GST structure
Brokerage expects gross-profit-margin (GPM) improvement in Q2FY26 but warns that month-on-month raw-material (RM) upticks could revive price hikes from Q4
FMCG stocks in demand as government plans big GST rate reforms, marking the second major fiscal stimulus in FY26 after personal income tax cuts with an aim to boost consumption.