Share market update: FMCG shares trade higher; GCPL up 1%

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading with gains in Friday's morning session.

Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.79 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (up 0.63 per cent) , ITC (up 0.57 per cent) , Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.56 per cent) , P & G Hygiene (up 0.52 per cent) , Dabur India (up 0.4 per cent) , Emami (up 0.23 per cent) , Marico (up 0.2 per cent) , Godrej Industries (up 0.12 per cent) and Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 0.1 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.31 per cent up at 30322.8 around 10:53 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 83.20 points at 12055.0 , while the BSE Sensex was up 335.53 points at 40917.24 .

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

Shares of YES Bank, Tata Motors, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd., SAIL, JSPL, SBI, Motherson Sumi and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.