Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market falls
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 6.47%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 5.72%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.77%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 3.52%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 3.33%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 2.82%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 2.79%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.74%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.99%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 1.90%) stood among the top gainers.
Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 8.08%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.92%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.23%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.15%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 0.44%) and Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 0.27%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 10.56 points down at 22957.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 7.65 points at 75410.39.
HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.65%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 1.13%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 1.06%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 1.03%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 0.76%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.75%), NTPC Ltd.(up 0.72%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 0.6%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.58%) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.51%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 1.89%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.77%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.18%), ITC Ltd.(down 1.17%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 1.15%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.13%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down
