NEW DELHI: Losses in shares of ITC (down 3.24 per cent), Britannia Industries (down 1.69 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (HUL) (down 1.45 per cent) and Godrej Industries (down 1.24 per cent) dragged the Nifty FMCG index down during Wednesday's session.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 1.64 per cent down at 29,630 around 02:15 pm.
Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.09 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 0.89 per cent) and Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (down 0.87 per cent) too were in the red.
However, shares of Jubilant Foodworks (up 2.98 per cent), United Breweries (up 2.59 per cent), Emami (up 2.56 per cent) and United Spirits (up 2.33 per cent) witnessed decent traction.GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 1.98 per cent), Marico (up 1.91 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 0.93 per cent) and Dabur India (up 0.08 per cent) too were trading in the green zone.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 22 points at 11,045, while the BSE Sensex was 110 points down at 36,542.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.
Indiabulls Housing Finance, Vedanta, UPL, GAIL (India) and Titan Company were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.Bharti Infratel, ITC, Tata Motors, HCL Technologies and State Bank of India were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.