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

Shares of VBL (down​ 6.24 per cent)​, TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS (down​ 3.17 per cent)​, P & G Hygiene (down​ 2.45 per cent)​, Emami (down​ 2.27 per cent)​, Marico (down​ 2.03 per cent)​, Jubilant Foodworks (down​ 1.71 per cent)​, Godrej Consumer Products (down​ 1.7 per cent)​, United Spirits (down​ 0.42 per cent)​ and ITC (down​ 0.42 per cent)​ were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.02 per cent down at 28593.25 around 02:08 pm.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 321.45 points at 8940.4 , while the BSE Sensex was down 1153.81 points at 30494.19 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 6 were trading in the green, while 44 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, ICICI Bank, Vedanta , Aurobindo Pharma, JSPL and Sun Pharma were among the most traded shares on the NSE.