NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Friday's morning session.Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.15 per cent), ITC (up 0.78 per cent), Marico (up 0.71 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (up 0.54 per cent) were the top performers in the index.
Emami (up 0.43 per cent), United Breweries (up 0.33 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 0.24 per cent) and Godrej Industries (up 0.18 per cent) too were trading with gains.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.45 per cent up at 30,285.50 around 10:45 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 6.80 points at 11,603.50 while the BSE Sensex was up 37.46 points at 38,644.47.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, BHEL, DLF, Tata Motors, YES Bank, Indian Oil Corp, Ashok Leyland, SAIL, GAIL, Bank of Baroda, Infosys, BPCL, SBI, Bharti Airtel and Wipro were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, DLF, Tata Motors, BHEL, YES Bank, Indian Oil Corp, Ashok Leyland, SAIL, GAIL and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.