NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Thursday's morning session.Shares of Procter - Gamble Hygiene - Healthcare (down 1.22 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (down 1.04 per cent), Emami (down 1.03 per cent), and Jubilant Foodworks (down 0.99 per cent) were trading in the red.
Tata Global Beverages (down 0.90 per cent), United Spirits (down 0.74 per cent), Godrej Industries (down 0.72 per cent) and Britannia Industries (down 0.62 per cent) too were trading with losses.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.47 per cent down at 30,235.70 around 10:48 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 55.15 points at 11,851.05 while the BSE Sensex was down 179.08 points at 39,577.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 were trading in the green, while 35 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, PNB, SAIL, Vodafone Idea, Motherson Sumi, Bank of Baroda, Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.