G S F C(up 6.68%), Sikko Industries(up 5.23%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 4.32%), Rama Phosphates(up 3.91%), National Fertilizer(up 2.54%), Madras Fertlizers(up 2.20%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 2.15%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 1.70%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(up 1.38%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 0.89%) stood among the top gainers.
Aries Agro(down 1.49%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 1.09%), Agro Phos(down 0.65%), KRISHANA(down 0.57%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 0.57%), Paradeep Phosphates(down 0.29%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.23%), ZUARIAGRO(down 0.19%) and Coromandel International(down 0.04%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 42.95 points down at 19751.05, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 125.65 points at 66282.74.
Tata Motors Ltd.(up 4.73%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.76%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 2.62%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 2.35%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 2.07%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 1.38%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.31%), Cipla Ltd.(up 0.85%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.79%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 0.71%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Axis Bank Ltd.(down 2.39%), Infosys Ltd.(down 2.34%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.06%), State Bank of India(down 1.68%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.45%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.26%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.15%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.06%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 0.95%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.9%) closed in the red.