Shares of Jubilant Foodworks (down 2.98 per cent), Emami (down 2.96 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (down 2.78 per cent), United Breweries (down 1.98 per cent) and Nestle India (down 1.39 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While ITC (up 2.0 per cent), VBL (up 1.3 per cent) and United Spirits (up 0.48 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.06 per cent down at 33332.15 around 02:34PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 124.45 points at 14786.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 347.36 points at 50016.6.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, ITC, YES Bank and Tata Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Orchid Pharma, Adani Power, Dalmia Bharat, General Insurance Corp and IIFL Finance hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while B C Power Controls Ltd., Sanginita Chemicals Ltd., Jiya Eco Products Ltd., Tembo Global Industries Ltd., Deep Energy Resources Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.
