Stock Market Today, Sept. 15 -- The FMCG Index has continued to consolidate during the month of September. Trading at close to 56500 levels, the Nifty FMCG index is only marginally 0.7% up 0.7%. despite announcements on the GST reforms.

Amongst stocks while Britannia Industries and Dabur India share price have gained up to 7%, ITC and Marico share flat is almost flat. Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) share price is actually slightly down.

The analyst are watchful on multitude of factors to lift demand namely upcoming festive season, rural recovery helped by good monsoon, declining inflation among others.

In the past two to three years' weak consumption was in the back of commodity inflation-driven price hikes. The price hikes outpaced inco...