Share market update: FMCG shares trade higher; GCPL rises 1%

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Thursday's afternoon session. Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.39 per cent),
Jubilant Foodworks (up 1.19 per cent), United Breweries (up 1.00 per cent) and United Spirits (up 0.57 per cent) were the top performers in
the index. Hindustan Unilever (up 0.55 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 0.51 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 0.33
per cent) and Tata Global Beverages (up 0.18 per cent) were trading in the green
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.30 per cent up at 29,259.70 around 12:05 pm
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 2.40 points at 10,809.05 while the BSE Sensex was up 21.69 points at 35,927.12
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 20 were in the red
Shares of Ashok Leyland, YES Bank, ONGC, SAIL, Tata Motors, ITC, SBI, NMDC, BHEL, Motherson Sumi, ICICI Bank, Indian Oil Corp, NTPC and
Coal India were among the most traded shares on the NSE.