Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market rises
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.15%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 1.87%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.70%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 1.58%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.31%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 1.30%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 1.30%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.14%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 0.78%) and Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.57%) stood among the top gainers.
Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.57%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.41%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 0.30%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.29%) and Aries Agro Ltd.(down 0.04%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 126.2 points up at 24698.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 378.18 points at 80802.86.
SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 5.37%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 3.64%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 3.29%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 2.74%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.51%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 2.14%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.13%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 1.63%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 1.6%) and Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.48%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 1.56%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 1.4%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 1.03%), Cipla Ltd.(down 0.81%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 0.78%), ITC Ltd.(down 0.53%), Tata Consumer Products
