Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers shares closed lower in the Wednesday's session.

Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 5.00%), Sikko Industries(up 4.97%), Agro Phos(up 3.97%) and KRISHANA(up 3.71%) stood among the top gainers.

Madras Fertlizers(down 6.62%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 5.12%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 4.53%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 4.52%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 4.21%), ZUARIAGRO(down 3.18%), G S F C(down 2.89%), Aries Agro(down 2.86%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 2.82%) and Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.63%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 69.85 points down at 17245.65, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 304.48 points at 57684.82.

Hindalco Industries(up 2.53%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 2.41%), Divis Laboratories(up 2.36%), Tata Steel(up 2.23%), UPL Ltd(up 1.66%), JSW Steel(up 1.13%), ITC(up 0.9%), Indian Oil Corporation(up 0.87%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 0.67%) and Eicher Motors(up 0.58%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, HDFC(down 2.35%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 2.11%), Bharti Airtel(down 1.99%), Britannia Industries(down 1.78%), Cipla(down 1.76%), Maruti Suzuki(down 1.57%), Bajaj Auto(down 1.5%), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 1.46%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 1.45%) and Hero MotoCorp(down 1.2%) closed in the red.