Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market rises
The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 3.55%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.51%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 3.23%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.98%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.91%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.98%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.93%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.69%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 1.63%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.40%) stood among the top gainers.
Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.87%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 0.55%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 0.47%) and Coromandel International Ltd.(down 0.23%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 131.36 points up at 24141.95, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 443.46 points at 79476.19.
Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.92%), Wipro Ltd.(up 2.43%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 2.27%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 2.1%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 2.03%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 1.9%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.54%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 1.34%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.3%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.28%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, NTPC Ltd.(down 2.28%), State Bank of India(down 0.83%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 0.81%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.76%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 0.74%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 0.62%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 0.54%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 0.52%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 0.51%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 0.46%)
