NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Wednesday's afternoon session.Shares of Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 2 per cent) , Godrej Industries (up 1.85 per cent) , United Spirits (up 1.24 per cent) and Tata Global Beverages (up 1.17 per cent) were the top performers in the index.
Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (up 1.03 per cent) , Dabur India (up 0.97 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.60 per cent) and United Breweries (up 0.54 per cent) too were trading in the green.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.10 per cent down at 29,225.15 around 12:00 pm.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 4.40 points at 10,830.90 while the BSE Sensex was up 23.81 points at 35,997.52.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, SBI, SAIL, Sun Pharma, BEL, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Indian Oil Corp, Bank of Baroda, NTPC and ITC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.