Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 10.44%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 2.63%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.00%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 0.61%) and Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 0.52%) stood among the top gainers.
Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 4.02%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 3.00%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.97%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 2.75%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.69%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.65%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.36%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 2.10%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.10%) and Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 2.06%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 225.1 points down at 24837.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 721.08 points at 81463.09.
Cipla Ltd.(up 3.0%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.15%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 1.43%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.98%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.67%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.42%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.1%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 4.72%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.86%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 2.8%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 2.57%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.45%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 2.43%), Infosys Ltd.(down 2.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 2.29%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.24%) and Trent Ltd.(down 2.16%) closed in the red.