Stock Market Sectors: Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 9.90%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 1.85%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.12%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 0.37%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.10%) and Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 0.05%) stood among the top gainers.

Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 3.11%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 2.91%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.91%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.11%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 2.03%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.88%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.75%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.34%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.33%) and National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.23%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 93.1 points down at 24853.4, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 212.85 points at 81583.3.

Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.46%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.0%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 0.9%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.55%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.52%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.45%), NTPC Ltd.(up 0.45%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.39%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.15%) and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.14%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

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On the other hand, Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.19%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 2.09%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.08%), Eternal Ltd.(down 1.95%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 1.75%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.74%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 1.65%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.6%), Cipla Ltd.(down 1.54%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(down 1.52%) closed in the red.