stood among the top gainers.
Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 4.81%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.58%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.00%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 2.97%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 2.96%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.63%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.46%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 2.30%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.15%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.12%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 52.21 points up at 21710.8, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 178.58 points at 72026.15.
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 2.76%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.93%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 1.82%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.57%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.38%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.31%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.2%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.09%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.06%) and Wipro Ltd.(up 0.92%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Nestle India Ltd.(down 1.66%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.65%), UPL Ltd.(down 1.08%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.97%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 0.91%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.85%), Cipla Ltd.(down 0.75%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 0.72%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.67%) and NTPC Ltd.(down 0.67%) closed in the red.