Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 8.64%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 1.89%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.64%) and Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 1.41%) stood among the top gainers.
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.59%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 3.46%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.37%), Coromandel International Ltd.(down 3.12%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.73%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 2.49%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 2.24%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.04%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.00%) and Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 1.89%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 253.21 points down at 24888.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 823.16 points at 81691.98.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 1.0%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.86%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 0.79%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 0.48%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.43%), Wipro Ltd.(up 0.27%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.23%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Tata Motors Ltd.(down 2.86%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 2.63%), Trent Ltd.(down 2.58%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 2.52%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.34%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 2.26%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 2.2%), Jio Financial Services Ltd.(down 2.2%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 2.19%) and Eternal Ltd.(down 2.15%) closed in the red.