NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Friday's morning session.Shares of Dabur India (down 1.20 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (down 1.15 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.05 per cent) and Nestle India (down 0.97 per cent) were trading lower.
Britannia Industries (down 0.91 per cent) , Procter - Gamble Hygiene - Healthcare (down 0.83 per cent) , Marico (down 0.78 per cent) and Tata Global Beverages (down 0.75 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.6 per cent down at 31,074.30 around 10:26 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 58.90 points at 12092.25 , while the BSE Sensex was 230.8 points at 40899.37 .
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 were trading in the green, while 33 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IDFC First Bank , Bharti Infratel, L-T Fin Holding, Bank of Baroda, Zee Ent., NBCC and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.