Share market update: FMCG shares trade higher; Dabur India rises 1%

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

Shares of Dabur India (up 1.42 per cent) , United Spirits (up 1.29 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.02 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (up 1.01 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 0.78 per cent) , GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 0.75 per cent) , Marico (up 0.61 per cent) and Godrej Industries (up 0.52 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.52 per cent up at 28,964.55 around 10:38 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 34 points at 10,889.50 while the BSE Sensex was up 119.66 points at 36,810.16.

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

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JSPL, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, SBI, SAIL, Ashok Leyland and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.