NEW DELHI: FMCG stocks were trading mixed during afternoon trade on Friday.The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.49 per cent up at 29,544 around 02:30 pm.
Shares of United Breweries (up 3.52 per cent), United Spirits (up 2.27 per cent), Emami (up 1.90 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 0.74 per cent), ITC (up 0.68 per cent), Marico (up 0.67 per cent), Britannia Industries (up 0.56 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (up 0.41 per cent) were the gainers in the index.On the other hand, Jubilant Foodworks (down 2.86 per cent), Dabur India (down 1.26 per cent), Godrej Industries (down 1.14 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.73 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 0.68 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (down 0.24 per cent) and Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (down 0.13 per cent) were among the losers.
Market sentiment was positive amid mixed global cues.Buying in heavyweights Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, Larsen Toubro and Hero MotoCorp were keeping equity benchmarks in the green.The BSE Sensex was up 225 points at 35,799, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 63 points at 10,813.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.
HPCL, Hero MotoCorp, Tata Motors and Grasim Industries were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.On the contrary, Tech Mahindra, Bharti Infratel, Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sun Pharma were among the top losers in the Nifty pack of stocks.