NEW DELHI: Most of the FMCG stocks including Hindustan Unilever (up 1.74 per cent), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare (up 1.70 per cent) and Britannia Industries (up 1.55 per cent) were trading up in afternoon trade on Thursday.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.65 per cent up at 26,908 around 01:50 pm (IST).

Shares of United Spirits (up 1.29 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 1.11 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 0.87 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.82 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.66 per cent), Dabur India (up 0.49 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 0.32 per cent), Marico (up 0.17 per cent) and ITC (up 0.11 per cent) were also among the gainers.

However, shares of United Breweries (down 2.03 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.12 per cent) and Emami (down 0.06 per cent) were down in the FMCG index around that time.

Key equity markets remained bullish as buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) and a mixed trend at other Asian bourses improved the market sentiment.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 146 points up at 10,622, while the BSE Sensex was 496 points up at 34,579.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 45 were trading in the green, while 5 were in the red.