The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 20.00%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 20.00%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 19.86%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 19.62%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 19.29%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 16.09%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 12.81%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 11.80%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 9.91%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 9.85%) stood among the top gainers.
Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.90%) and Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 1.08%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 51.0 points up at 23567.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 141.34 points at 77478.93.
Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 2.13%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 2.12%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 1.7%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 1.61%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.45%), Tata Steel Ltd.(up 1.26%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 1.12%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.09%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.08%) and Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.05%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 2.54%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 2.2%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.14%), NTPC Ltd.(down 1.34%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.08%), State Bank of India(down 1.04%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.03%), Cipla Ltd.(down 0.96%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 0.85%) and UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 0.84%) closed in the red.