Share market update: FMCG shares mixed; ITC gains over 1%

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading on a mixed note in Monday's morning session.

Shares of ITC (up 1.06 per cent) , P & G Hygiene (up 0.46 per cent) , Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.46 per cent) , Godrej Industries (up 0.27 per cent) , Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 0.26 per cent) , United Breweries (up 0.15 per cent) and Tata Global Beverages (up 0.03 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Emami (down 3.52 per cent) , Marico (down 1.22 per cent) , Nestle India (down 0.77 per cent) , Dabur India (down 0.56 per cent) , United Spirits (down 0.5 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (down 0.24 per cent) , Britannia Industries (down 0.17 per cent) and Godrej Consumer Products (down 0.04 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.09 per cent up at 31399.1 around 10:38 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 59.65 points at 12292.7 , while the BSE Sensex was down 191.48 points at 41,753.89.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 37 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, NHPC, YES Bank, Indian Oil Corp, PowerGrid, Tata Motors, NMDC, Bharti Airtel, SBI and Ashok Leyland were among the most traded shares on the NSE.