Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 4.97%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 3.17%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 2.57%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.30%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.24%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.40%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.29%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 1.27%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.19%) and Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.13%) were among the top gainers.
Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 1.90%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 0.49%) and Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 0.32%) were among the top losers.
The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 30.0 points up at 21648.7, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 168.71 points at 71826.42 at around 10:40AM.
Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 3.46%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.6%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 1.55%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.5%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.41%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.3%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 1.21%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 1.18%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 1.18%) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 1.17%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.85%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 0.76%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 0.66%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 0.65%), Infosys Ltd.(down 0.5%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 0.45%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.43%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 0.36%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 0.33%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 0.3%) were trading in the red.