Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 4.33%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 2.43%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 0.86%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 0.48%) and Coromandel International Ltd.(up 0.33%) stood among the top gainers.
National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.61%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.49%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 1.38%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.34%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.29%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.14%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.10%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 1.04%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.02%) and Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 0.99%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 38.56 points down at 22604.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 188.5 points at 74482.78.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 4.58%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.78%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 2.39%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.92%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.92%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.64%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.49%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 1.43%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 1.22%) and Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.05%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.93%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 1.86%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.52%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.5%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.48%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.44%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down