Stock market update: Sugar stocks up as market falls
Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 8.30%), Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.(up 2.81%), EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 2.61%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 1.97%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)Ltd.(up 1.83%), Magadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 1.33%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd.(up 1.30%), Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 1.21%), KM Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 1.08%) and Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 0.94%) stood among the top gainers.
Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd.(down 1.57%), Ugar Sugar Works Ltd.(down 1.19%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd.(down 1.04%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.94%), KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 0.38%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(down 0.20%), Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.15%) and Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd.(down 0.13%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 20.5 points down at 24347.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 56.99 points at 79648.92.
Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 2.64%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 2.01%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.89%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.51%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 1.36%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.27%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.04%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.76%), Cipla Ltd.(up 0.74%) and Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 0.61%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, NTPC Ltd.(down 2.39%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.12%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.82%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.65%), State Bank of India(down 1.42%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 1.41%),
