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

Shares of United Spirits (up 3.12 per cent) , ITC (up 2.78 per cent) , Emami (up 2.15 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.79 per cent) , Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 1.46 per cent) , Marico (up 1.29 per cent) , Britannia Industries (up 0.99 per cent) , Nestle India (up 0.9 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (up 0.85 per cent) , TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS (up 0.67 per cent) , Dabur India (up 0.47 per cent) , Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.09 per cent) and United Breweries (up 0.08 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 1.47 per cent up at 27290.85 around 02:19PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 126.10 points at 9005.2, while the BSE Sensex was up 383.28 points at 30579.45.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, Alok Industries, SBI, BHEL, Adani Power, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and Axis Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.