NEW DELHI: FMCG shares were trading higher in Tuesday's morning session. Shares of Emami (up 2.76 per cent), Godrej Consumer Products (up 2.06 per cent), Jubilant Foodworks (up 1.59 per cent) and Tata Global Beverages (up 1.26 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Hindustan Unilever (up 0.88 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (up 0.85 per cent), Godrej Industries (up 0.66 per cent) and Dabur India (up 0.17 per cent) too were trading with gains.

The Nifty FMCG index was trading 0.40 per cent up at 29,197.30 around 10:40 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 27.15 points at 11,615.50 while the BSE Sensex was up 89.38 points at 38,986.09.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Dish TV India, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, PNB and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.