NEW DELHI: FMCG stocks United Spirits (down 3.07 per cent), Marico (down 1.38 per cent) and Britannia Industries (down 1.15 per cent) were trading in the negative territory during afternoon trade on Monday.The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.28 per cent down at 28,773 around 01:35 pm.
Shares of Tata Global Beverages (down 1.06 per cent), Emami (down 1.04 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (down 0.68 per cent) declined up to 1 per cent.Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (down 0.11 per cent), ITC (down 0.11 per cent), Dabur India (down 0.08 per cent) and Godrej Industries (down 0.07 per cent) were trading with small losses.
On the other hand, Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 2.64 per cent), United Breweries (up 2.17 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.77 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.53 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 0.17 per cent) were in the green around that time.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 61 points at 10,535, while the BSE Sensex was 151 points down at 34,697.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 were trading in the green, while 37 were in the red.
Tata Consultancy Services, State Bank of India and Bharti Infratel climbed up to 2 per cent in the Nifty index.UPL, with a loss of over 4 per cent, was leading the pack of Nifty losers.