Share market update: FMCG shares trade higher; Jubilant Foodworks rises 2%

NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Thursday's morning session.

Shares of Jubilant Foodworks (up 2.03 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.68 per cent), United Breweries (up 0.64 per cent) and ITC (up 0.47 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Dabur India (up 0.43 per cent), Emami (up 0.39 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (up 0.26 per cent) and Britannia Industries (up 0.23 per cent) too were trading with gains.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.27 per cent up at 30,713.30 around 11:02 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 49.20 points at 11,775.35 while the BSE Sensex was up 137.06 points at 39,191.74.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, DLF, Ashok Leyland, ONGC, BHEL, SAIL, L&T Fin Holding, Bank of Baroda, RIL, ITC, Bharti Infratel and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.