Share market update: FMCG shares fall; Emami slips nearly 2%

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Tuesday's afternoon session.

Shares of Emami (down 1.75 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 1.60 per cent), Dabur India (down 1.19 per cent ) and Britannia Industries (down 1.17 per cent) were the top losers.

Godrej Industries (down 1.02 per cent), Marico (down 0.55 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.52 per cent) too were trading lower.

Meanwhile, the Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.25 per cent up at 29,640.20 around 12:16 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 9.95 points at 10,651.60 while the BSE Sensex was down 61.53 points at 35,595.17.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Zee Entertainment, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, SBI, PowerGrid, Motherson Sumi, BHEL, Adani Ports SEZ, BEL, RIL and Sun Pharma were among the most traded shares on the NSE.