NEW DELHI: Most FMCG stocks were trading with gains in Thursday's session, giving a leg up to the sectoral index.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.43 per cent up at 31,304 around 11:15 am.
Shares of United Breweries (up 3.08 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 1.77 per cent), Marico (up 1.76 per cent), United Spirits (up 1.52 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 1.37 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) (up 1.16 per cent) were the top gainers in the FMCG index.Britannia Industries (up 0.74 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 0.67 per cent), Dabur India (up 0.63 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.18 per cent), ITC (up 0.16 per cent) and Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.09 per cent) too were in the green.
However, Godrej Consumer Products (down 2.22 per cent), Emami (down 0.98 per cent) and Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (down 0.90 per cent) were down around that time.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 43.25 points at 11,520.2, while the BSE Sensex was up 161.46 points at 38,179.77.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.
Power Grid Corporation, Ultratech Cement, Tata Steel, Lupin and Kotak Mahindra Bank were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Hindalco Industries, ONGC, Tech Mahindra and Bharti Infratel were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.