National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.31%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.71%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 1.54%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.25%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 1.04%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.71%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 0.66%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 0.59%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.57%) and Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(up 0.38%) stood among the top gainers.
Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.92%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 1.50%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 0.77%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.70%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 0.62%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 0.51%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.05%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 174.96 points down at 24826.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 624.82 points at 81551.63.
Jio Financial Services Ltd.(up 3.43%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.58%), Trent Ltd.(up 0.86%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.44%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 0.29%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 0.29%), Bharat Electronics Ltd.(up 0.23%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.19%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.1%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.06%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 2.3%), ITC Ltd.(down 2.04%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.81%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 1.73%), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.62%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 1.59%), NTPC Ltd.(down 1.45%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.32%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.29%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 1.11%) closed in the red.