NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Thursday's morning session. Shares of United Spirits (up 1.76 per cent), Britannia Industries (up 1.19 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.56 per cent) and Dabur India (up 0.48 per cent) were the top performers in the index. ITC (up 0.42 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (up 0.35 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.18 per cent) and Procter - Gamble Hygiene - Healthcare (up 0.15 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.17 per cent up at 29,664.55 around 10:47 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 20.25 points at 11,667.25 while the BSE Sensex was down 54.85 points at 39,160.79.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Dish TV India, Vodafone Idea, Adani Power, Wipro, Mindtree, Bank of Baroda, Tata Motors, PNB and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.