NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Friday's afternoon trading session.
Shares of ColgatePalmolive (India) (down 1.15 per cent),
Tata Global Beverages (down 1.05 per cent),
United Spirits (down 1.02 per cent) and Godrej Industries (down 1 per cent) were trading with losses.
ITC (down 0.85 per cent), Britannia Industries (down 0.84 per cent) and Emami (down 0.81 per cent) too were among the top losers.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.58 per cent down at 30,559.15 around 12:00 pm.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 19.25 points at 10,885.95 while the BSE Sensex was down 66.99 points at 36,307.09.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.
Shares of Sun Pharma, YES Bank, RIL, Bharti Airtel, ITC, ICICI Bank, Ashok Leyland, BHEL, Wipro, Vedanta , SBI, SAIL, Indian Oil Corp and Axis Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.