NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading with losses in Wednesday's morning session. Shares of Britannia Industries (down 2.72 per cent), Dabur India (down 2.22 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (down 1.51 per cent) and United Breweries (down 1.50 per cent) were the top losers in the index. Marico (down 1.40 per cent), Godrej Industries (down 1.38 per cent), ColgatePalmolive (India) (down 1.25 per cent) and United Spirits (down 1.25 per cent) too were trading lower.
The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.69 per cent down at 28,790.65 around 10:41 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 94.15 points at 11,236.90 while the BSE Sensex was down 255.78 points at 37,726.96.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 6 were trading in the green, while 44 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, M-M Financial, Dish TV India, Indian Oil Corp, PNB, SAIL, GMR Infra and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.