NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading in the green with the Nifty FMCG index up 0.68 per cent at 29,689.85 on Friday. Shares of Colgate-Palmolive (India) (up 4.24 per cent), Dabur India (up 2.08 per cent), Marico (up 1.27 per cent) and Hindustan Unilever (up 1.14 per cent) were trading with gains.

Godrej Consumer Products (up 1.12 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.81 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 0.69 per cent) too were trading higher. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 46.25 points at 10,647.4 while BSE Sensex was up 213.96 points at 35,526.09 around 02:14 pm.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Kotak Bank, Sun Pharma, SAIL, Bank of Baroda, Ashok Leyland, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, HCL Tech, LT Fin Holding, BHEL, Indian Oil Corp and NTPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.