NEW DELHI: FMCG stocks Jubilant Foodworks (up 1.51 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 1.43 per cent), ITC (up 0.99 per cent), Dabur India (up 0.78 per cent) and Emami (up 0.68 per cent) were trading up in afternoon trade on Monday, keeping the Nifty FMCG index in the green.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.59 per cent up at 27,073 around 02:25 pm (IST).

Shares of United Breweries (up 0.66 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (up 0.41 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 0.38 per cent), Britannia Industries (up 0.24 per cent) and Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.15 per cent) were also trading up.

However, Godrej Industries (down 1.23 per cent), Marico (down 0.73 per cent), United Spirits (down 0.72 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.45 per cent) and Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare (down 0.07 per cent) were trading down in the Nifty FMCG index around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 56 points up at 10,615, while the BSE Sensex was up 194 points at 34,347.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Idea Cellular, SAIL, YES Bank, Sun Pharma, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, ITC, NHPC, Punjab National Bank, ICICI Bank, Ashok Leyland and Power Grid Corporation were among the most traded stocks on the National Stock Exchange.