The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 17.84%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 15.50%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 11.09%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 8.21%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 6.66%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.93%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 4.22%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.13%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.12%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 4.05%) stood among the top gainers.
Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 3.20%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.03%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 2.03%) and Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 0.04%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 174.1 points down at 24542.5, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 636.24 points at 80737.51.
Grasim Industries Ltd.(up 1.13%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 0.89%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.69%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.59%), Cipla Ltd.(up 0.21%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.15%) and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.05%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.44%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 1.91%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 1.83%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.72%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 1.64%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.53%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.51%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.49%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.46%) and Eternal Ltd.(down 1.46%) closed in the red.