Nifty FMCG down 22% in 2026; Diwali shopping opportunity for investors? Experts decode support levels and recovery bets
· LiveMint Markets
The Nifty FMCG index has sharply underperformed Nifty 50, with 13 sector stocks posting negative annual returns. Rising commodity costs, changing consumer preferences and slower growth expectations are squeezing the sector. Experts are watching key support levels for signs of stabilisation.
The analysis
Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.
Market context
- A market-wide development: it reaches beyond any single stock.
- Sectors in the story: FMCG, Consumer & Retail and Consumer Durables.
FMCG
1M -7.2% · 3M -10.1%
Consumer & Retail
1M -5.8% · 3M -8.0%
Consumer Durables
1M -8.4% · 3M -11.6%
Sector moves are the average of the stocks we track in each sector.
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