NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Friday's morning session.Shares of Tata Global Beverages (down 2.13 per cent) , ITC (down 2.11 per cent) , GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 1.90 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (down 1.70 per cent) were the top losers in the index.United Spirits (down 1.50 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.28 per cent) , ColgatePalmolive (India) (down 1.27 per cent) and Emami (down 1.15 per cent) too were trading with losses.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 1.23 per cent down at 32,135.30 around 10:37 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 57.30 points at 11,954.75 while the BSE Sensex was down 179.87 points at 40,473.87.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, ICICI Bank, DLF, JSPL, Bank of Baroda, Tata Motors, BHEL and SAIL were among the most traded securities on the NSE.