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On Friday, the Sensex gained by 909.64 points to close at 60,841.88, while the Nifty 50 increased by 243.65 points to close at 17,854.05

At 11.30 am on Thursday, the headline equity indices, i.e. Sensex and Nifty 50 were trading flat, owing to weak global cues.    

The shares in Asia Pacific markets are trading lower after Wall Street ended its five-day winning rally as Federal Reserve again warned that it will monitor the inflation data and market conditions closely in order to decide the next pace of tightening despite the cooling of inflation levels in the month of July.   

Indices closed lower ahead of important US CPI data. Nifty closed flat while Sensex shredded 35 points. Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap slipped 0.15 per cent & 0.51 per cent, respectively.

Interestingly, fuelled by a good monsoon forecast, the FMCG sector anticipates a revival in demand and moreover, the expectation of fading inflationary pressure in the coming month would mean that margins may improve from hereon. Hence, stocks from this sector are likely to be on the radar.

The stock has been gaining for the past five consecutive sessions, and has gained over 25.75 per cent.