Shares of Colgate Palmolive (India) (down 2.34 per cent), Nestle India (down 1.95 per cent), United Breweries (down 1.34 per cent), Tata Consumer Products (down 1.1 per cent) and United Spirits (down 0.69 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While Jubilant Foodworks (up 1.04 per cent), P & G Hygiene (up 0.76 per cent), ITC (up 0.25 per cent), Dabur India (up 0.21 per cent) and Marico (up 0.12 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.39 per cent down at 33389.45 around 02:03PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 113.05 points at 15095.85, while the BSE Sensex was down 459.39 points at 51244.44.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.
Shares of PNB, Bank of Baroda, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank and Central Bank Ind were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Central Bank of India, The New India Assurance, IOB, NBCC and Union Bank India hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while Vera Synthetic Ltd., Jiya Eco Products Ltd., Sanwaria Consumer Ltd., Radha Madhav Corporation Ltd., Osia Hyper Retail Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.
