Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 9.35%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 5.00%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.99%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 4.55%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.16%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 2.85%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.81%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 2.07%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 1.69%) and Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 1.30%) stood among the top gainers.
Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 2.44%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.64%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 1.59%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 1.27%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 0.52%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.39%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 0.19%) and National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.03%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 74.35 points down at 24945.45, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 271.17 points at 82059.42.
Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 4.35%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 1.85%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 1.29%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.98%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.97%), NTPC Ltd.(up 0.6%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.5%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.38%), State Bank of India(up 0.37%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.24%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Eternal Ltd.(down 3.15%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 2.76%), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.9%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.61%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.2%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.19%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 1.08%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.01%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.96%) and Asian Paints Ltd.(down 0.95%) closed in the red.