NEW DELHI: The Nifty FMCG index was trading on a choppy note in afternoon trade on Thursday.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.01 per cent up at 26,652 around 02:50 pm (IST).

Shares of United Spirits (up 1.37 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.62 per cent), Marico (up 0.34 per cent), United Breweries (up 0.18 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.17 per cent), ITC (up 0.11 per cent) and Dabur India (up 0.10 per cent) were trading up in the Nifty FMNG index.

On the contrary, Britannia Industries (down 1.23 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (down 1.06 per cent), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare (down 0.68 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (down 0.57 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 0.45 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.22 per cent) were trading down in the FMCG index around that time.

Shares of NHPC, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of India, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Bank of Baroda, Ashok Leyland, Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Idea Cellular, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Hindalco Industries, ITC and Tata Motors were among the most traded stocks on the NSE.

In the Nifty 50 index, Tata Steel, Larsen & Toubro, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Dr Reddy's Labs, Coal India and Asian Paints were among the top gainers.

However, Eicher Motors, Tata Motors, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Hero MotoCorp and Power Grid Corporation were among the top losers.