Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market rises
Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 4.29%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 4.15%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 2.23%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.66%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 1.61%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 1.57%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.41%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 0.81%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.19%) and Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 0.09%) stood among the top gainers.
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.97%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.60%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 1.48%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 1.21%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.07%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.83%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.72%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 0.56%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 0.45%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.33%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 167.95 points up at 22570.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 486.5 points at 74339.44.
Axis Bank Ltd.(up 6.0%), State Bank of India(up 5.13%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 4.51%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 2.62%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 2.5%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.39%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 2.36%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 2.32%), NTPC Ltd.(up 2.15%) and ITC Ltd.(up 2.02%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 10.88%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.95%), Hindustan Unilever
