The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 4.05%) stood among the top gainers.
Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 10.04%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 8.16%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 7.64%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 7.31%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 6.57%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 6.52%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 6.50%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 6.27%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 5.80%) and Coromandel International Ltd.(down 5.72%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 65.91 points down at 23501.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 269.03 points at 77209.9.
Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 2.53%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.45%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.19%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.15%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.1%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 0.78%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.69%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.63%), NTPC Ltd.(up 0.61%) and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.6%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 2.21%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.16%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 1.77%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.69%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.67%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 1.66%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 1.65%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 1.63%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.56%) and Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 1.33%) closed in the red.