NEW DELHI: FMCG stocks were trading mixed during afternoon trade on Tuesday.The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.12 per cent up at 28,622 around 01:35 pm (IST).Shares of Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.07 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (up 0.65 per cent), ITC (up 0.55 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.34 per cent), Hindustan Unilever (up 0.12 per cent), Dabur India (up 0.04 per cent) and Britannia Industries (up 0.03 per cent) were in the green in the index.On the other hand, United Spirits (down 3.23 per cent), Tata Global Beverages (down 1.84 per cent), Procter Gamble Hygiene Healthcare (down 1.38 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.71 per cent), Colgate-Palmolive (India) (down 0.65 per cent), Emami (down 0.39 per cent), Marico (down 0.33 per cent) and United Breweries (down 0.11 per cent) were in the red in the index.Losses in capital goods, consumer durables, telecom, pharma, auto and metal stocks pulled markets down.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 12 points at 10,704, while the BSE Sensex was 27 points down at 35,181.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.
ICICI Bank, HPCL, BPCL, Power Grid and State Bank of India were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.However, Mahindra Mahindra, Larsen Toubro, IndusInd Bank, YES Bank and Bajaj Finance were among the top losers in the Nifty index.