Share market update: Nifty FMCG index rises 1%; ITC\, Dabur among top gainers

NEW DELHI: The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.9 per cent up at 30,864.6 on Wednesday with all its components trading in the green.

Shares of Jubilant Foodworks (up 3.89 per cent), Dabur India (up 2.70 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 2.30 per cent) and Tata Global Beverages (up 1.48 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

United Breweries (up 1.10 per cent), ITC (up 1.01 per cent), United Spirits (up 0.91 per cent) and Emami (up 0.68 per cent) too were trading with gains.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 42.05 points at 10,950.75 while BSE Sensex was up 91.85 points at 36,438.93.

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

Shares of YES Bank, SBI, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Indian Oil Corp, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, DLF, ITC, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank, SAIL and BEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.