NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Thursday's morning session.
Shares of Tata Global Beverages (up 1.91 per cent), Emami (up 1.32 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 1.28 per cent), Dabur India (up 1.08 per cent), United Spirits (up 1.05 per cent), United Breweries (up 0.96 per cent), Nestle India (up 0.95 per cent), ITC (up 0.73 per cent), P - G Hygiene (up 0.68 per cent), Marico (up 0.67 per cent), Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 0.67 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.65 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (up 0.56 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.68 per cent up at 30095.2 around 10:33 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 148.00 points at 12173.35 , while the BSE Sensex was up 496.34 points at 41314.08 .
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 were trading in the green, while 5 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, GMR Infra, SBI, SAIL, Tata Motors, NBCC , Bank of Baroda and JSPL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.