Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls
Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.92%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 4.95%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.60%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 3.79%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.92%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.30%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.55%) stood among the top gainers.
Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 4.96%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 3.34%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.88%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 2.76%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 2.75%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 2.70%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.79%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 1.75%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 1.71%) and Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 1.63%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 123.31 points down at 22023.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 453.85 points at 72643.43.
UPL Ltd.(up 2.83%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 2.13%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 1.83%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.63%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 1.45%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.39%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.2%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.16%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 0.72%) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.64%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 4.82%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 3.67%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.92%), Tata Motors
