Share market update: Fertilizer stocks down; Nagarjuna Fertilizers slips 4%

NEW DELHI: Fertilizer stocks were trading lower in Thursday's afternoon session.

Shares of Nagarjuna Fertilizers (down 4.27 per cent) , Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 1.86 per cent) , Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers (down 0.89 per cent) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals (down 0.65 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

Aries Agro (down 0.39 per cent) , National Fertilizer (down 0.39 per cent) , GSFC (down 0.36 per cent) , Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore (down 0.26 per cent) and Rama Phosphates (down 0.25 per cent) too were among the top losers.


The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 1.60 points up at 12,044.80, while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 37.97 points at 40,888.26 at around 02:10 pm.

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (up 6.22 per cent) , Larsen & Toubro (up 2.00 per cent) , Tata Consultancy Services (up 1.74 per cent) and ITC (up 1.34 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, JSW Steel (down 2.62 per cent) , Coal India (down 2.44 per cent) , Bharti Airtel (down 1.93 per cent) and Tata Steel (down 1.87 per cent) were trading in the red.