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

Shares of Emami (up 6.18 per cent) , Jubilant Foodworks (up 4.0 per cent) , Dabur India (up 2.85 per cent) , Colgate Palmolive (India) (up 2.61 per cent) , Hindustan Unilever (up 2.58 per cent) , Nestle India (up 2.38 per cent) , TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS (up 1.81 per cent) , Marico (up 1.65 per cent) , United Breweries (up 1.39 per cent) , Britannia Industries (up 1.34 per cent) , Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.54 per cent) , ITC (up 0.41 per cent) , P & G Hygiene (up 0.14 per cent) and VBL (up 0.08 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 1.59 per cent up at 29324.35 around 02:15PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 97.65 points at 10408.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 305.14 points at 35216.46.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 46 were trading in the green, while 4 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BHEL, PNB, IDFC First Bank Ltd., Tata Motors, Glenmark Pharma, Bank of Baroda, SBI and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.