Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 11.18%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 4.11%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 1.76%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 0.68%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 0.67%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 0.41%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.21%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.12%) stood among the top gainers.
Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.38%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.35%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.66%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 1.81%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 1.78%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.46%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.45%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.33%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 1.22%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.12%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 7.41 points down at 24406.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 109.08 points at 80039.8.
Tata Motors Ltd.(up 6.16%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 5.09%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 3.83%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 3.56%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 2.87%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 2.84%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.66%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.54%), Wipro Ltd.(up 1.35%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.79%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Axis Bank Ltd.(down 5.12%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 2.4%), Titan Company Ltd.(down
