Share market update: FMCG shares mixed; GCPL jumps over 3%

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

Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (up 3.59 per cent) , Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 1.69 per cent) , ITC (up 1.06 per cent) , Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.9 per cent) , United Spirits (up 0.6 per cent) , Tata Global Beverages (up 0.48 per cent) and Nestle India (up 0.36 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Marico (down 1.46 per cent) , Dabur India (down 0.67 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (down 0.35 per cent) , Britannia Industries (down 0.29 per cent) , United Breweries (down 0.25 per cent) , Emami (down 0.13 per cent) , Godrej Industries (down 0.12 per cent) and P & G Hygiene (down 0.08 per cent) were the top losers in the index.


The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.44 per cent up at 30192.25 around 10:38 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 37.70 points at 11894.5 , while the BSE Sensex was up 135.35 points at 40375.23 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, SBI, Zee Ent., Bharti Infratel, Tata Motors, GAIL, PowerGrid and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.