Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market falls
Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 11.99%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 9.86%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 9.23%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 8.58%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 8.36%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 8.19%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 6.52%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.85%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.32%) and Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 4.47%) stood among the top gainers.
Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 2.44%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 1.29%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 0.49%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.03%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 3.3 points down at 24320.55, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 36.22 points at 79960.38.
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 3.8%), ITC Ltd.(up 2.3%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.24%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.58%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.18%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.14%), Wipro Ltd.(up 1.14%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.93%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.91%) and Infosys Ltd.(up 0.87%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 3.58%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 3.47%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.34%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 2.02%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 1.68%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.56%), Cipla Ltd.(down 1.52%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.4%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 1.29%) and Bajaj
