Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) makers are likely to report a single-digit uptick in volumes amid “stable” demand trends in the second quarter of the ongoing financial year.

According to analysts at Elara Securities, FMCG product demand remained stable, with rural growth outperforming urban for the third consecutive quarter, albeit on a favourable base. Initially weak, demand increased later in the quarter, they added.

Analysts at the brokerage, which tracks firms like Hindustan Unilever, Nestle, Dabur, Marico and Britannia, among others, said companies are expected to “report revenue and volume growth of 5.7 per cent year-on-year and 5.5