Agro Phos(up 11.74%), Sikko Industries(up 4.99%), Bohra Industries(up 4.90%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 2.79%), ZUARIAGRO(up 2.72%), Madras Fertlizers(up 1.00%), Coromandel International(up 0.96%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 0.53%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(up 0.53%) and Krishana Phoschem(up 0.18%) stood among the top gainers.
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.25%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 2.11%), Aries Agro(down 1.99%), G S F C(down 1.63%), Rama Phosphates(down 0.58%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.50%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 0.35%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 0.19%), Paradeep Phosphates(down 0.15%) and Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 0.12%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 47.3 points down at 21731.4, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 170.12 points at 72240.26.
Nestle India Ltd.(up 2.98%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 2.39%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 2.29%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.92%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.54%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 1.36%), ITC Ltd.(up 1.28%), Wipro Ltd.(up 1.24%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 1.2%) and UPL Ltd.(up 0.92%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 2.53%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 1.85%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.5%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.41%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 0.72%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.65%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 0.61%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 0.55%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.52%) and Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.5%) closed in the red.