Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 3.69%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.05%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 2.83%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 2.79%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 1.45%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 1.22%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.42%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 0.34%) and Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 0.06%) stood among the top gainers.
Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 4.37%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 4.29%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 4.03%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 3.63%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.87%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.85%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 2.72%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.61%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.08%) and Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.51%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 265.8 points down at 24008.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 880.34 points at 79454.47.
Titan Company Ltd.(up 4.19%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 3.76%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 3.62%), Bharat Electronics Ltd.(up 2.84%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.41%), State Bank of India(up 1.34%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.13%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 0.84%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.75%) and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.69%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 3.25%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 2.91%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 2.37%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 2.34%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 2.3%), Trent Ltd.(down 2.18%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 2.17%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 2.12%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.02%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 2.02%) closed in the red.