NEW DELHI: Most FMCG stocks were trading in the negative territory during Wednesday's session, keeping the sectoral index down.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.40 per cent down at 30,768 around 12:30 pm.
Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (down 4.13 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (down 3.42 per cent), United Spirits (down 1.13 per cent) and Britannia Industries (down 0.96 per cent) were the top losers in the FMCG index.
Shares of Godrej Industries (down 0.62 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.45 per cent), Dabur India (down 0.37 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 0.32 per cent) and Colgate-Palmolive (India) (down 0.18 per cent) declined in that order.
However, Marico (up 0.99 per cent), Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (up 0.74 per cent), Emami (up 0.62 per cent) and United Breweries (up 0.26 per cent) climbed up.Meanwhile, shares of ITC (up 0.07 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (HUL) (down 0.04 per cent) were almost flat around that time.Equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty pared gains on losses in select bluechip counters, including HDFC twins, Maruti, IndusInd Bank and Reliance Industries.
The NSE Nifty50 index was up 13 points at 11,292, while the BSE Sensex was up 31 points at 37,322.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.
BPCL, Coal India, GAIL (India), Tata Steel and Hindalco Industries were among the top Nifty gainers.Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Lupin and Titan Company were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.