NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading in the positive zone in Wednesday's morning session.
Shares of Hindustan Unilever (up 4.82 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 2.44 per cent), Dabur India (up 2.19 per cent), Nestle India (up 1.67 per cent), United Spirits (up 1.34 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (up 1.09 per cent), Britannia Industries (up 1.03 per cent), Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 0.95 per cent), Marico (up 0.74 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 0.67 per cent), P - G Hygiene (up 0.4 per cent), ITC (up 0.33 per cent) and United Breweries (up 0.2 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 1.9 per cent up at 30991.85 around 10:25 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 111.15 points at 12219.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 421.16 points at 41637.3.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, BHEL, SBI, Tata Motors, Coal India Ltd, NBCC , Ashok Leyland and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.