Share market update: FMCG shares trade lower; Godrej Industries slips 4%

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

Shares of Godrej Industries (down 4.4 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.15 per cent), P & G Hygiene (down 1.1 per cent), ITC (down 0.59 per cent), United Spirits (down 0.53 per cent), Britannia Industries (down 0.43 per cent), Dabur India (down 0.32 per cent), Marico (down 0.25 per cent) and Emami (down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.19 per cent down at 30981.75 around 10:44 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 20.85 points at 12,195.5 , while the BSE Sensex was up 54.05 points at 41,513.84.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, Ashok Leyland, PFC, ONGC, BHEL and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.