Shares of Colgate Palmolive (India) (down 1.07 per cent), Dabur India (down 0.81 per cent), Britannia Industries (down 0.61 per cent), United Breweries (down 0.51 per cent) and Marico (down 0.46 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While Emami (up 0.44 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.35 per cent), ITC (up 0.17 per cent) and P&G Hygiene (up 0.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.22 per cent down at 33329.05 around 01:11PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 47.00 points at 15221.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 180.26 points at 51459.77.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Shares of Tata Power, IDBI Bank, Vodafone Idea, BHEL and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Welspun India, Indian Energy Exchange, Can Fin Homes, Infibeam Avenues and Orchid Pharma hit their fresh 52week high in today’s trade, while Shrenik Ltd., Bannari Amman Spinning Mills Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52week low in trade.
