Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market rises
Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.27%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.09%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.91%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 0.22%) and Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.21%) stood among the top gainers.
The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 10.01%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 7.40%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 6.50%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 6.37%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 5.12%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 5.01%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 4.41%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 3.73%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.44%) and Aries Agro Ltd.(down 3.29%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 36.75 points up at 23537.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 131.18 points at 77341.08.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.68%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 2.15%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.15%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.99%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.86%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.58%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.49%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 1.46%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.33%) and Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.27%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.41%), Cipla Ltd.(down 2.41%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 1.7%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.36%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.11%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 0.88%), SBI Life
