Share market update: FMCG shares trade lower; Emami down 3%

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading lower in Friday's morning session.

Shares of Emami (down 2.97 per cent), Britannia Industries (down 2.95 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 2.75 per cent ) and United Spirits (down 1.92 per cent) were trading with losses.

Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.46 per cent), Godrej Industries (down 1.15 per cent) and Dabur India (down 0.70 per cent) too were trading in the red.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.69 per cent down at 30,057.75 around 11:57 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 64.05 points at 11,005.35 while the BSE Sensex was down 208.22 points at 36,762.87.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 12 were trading in the green, while 38 were in the red.

Shares of Tata Motors, SAIL, YES Bank, Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, Indiabulls Housing Finance, SBI, L&T Fin Holding, Motherson Sumi, Vedanta , NHPC, Bank of Baroda, BHEL and Zee Entertainment were among the most traded shares on the NSE.