Stock market update: Sugar stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Sugar shares closed lower in the Friday's session.

Kothari Sugars & Chemicals(up 3.04%), Uttam Sugar Mills(up 0.72%) and Bannari Amman Sugars(up 0.06%) stood among the top gainers.

Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals(down 4.86%), K.M.Sugar Mills(down 3.27%), Sakthi Sugars(down 2.93%), Rana Sugars(down 2.81%), KCP Sugar & Industries(down 2.63%), Balrampur Chini Mills(down 2.43%), AVADHSUGAR(down 2.38%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)(down 2.23%), Dhampur Sugar Mills(down 2.13%) and DCM Shriram Industries(down 2.12%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 55.1 points down at 19310.15, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 202.36 points at 64948.66.

Adani Enterprises(up 3.94%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(up 3.24%), Eicher Motors(up 1.55%), Maruti Suzuki(up 0.86%), Nestle India(up 0.75%), Reliance Industries(up 0.74%), Britannia Industries(up 0.74%), Axis Bank(up 0.69%), Hindustan Unilever(up 0.45%) and Tata Motors(up 0.33%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Hero MotoCorp(down 2.14%), Coal India(down 2.09%), Tata Consultancy(down 2.0%), Hindalco Industries(down 1.81%), Tech Mahindra(down 1.7%), Infosys(down 1.61%), Wipro(down 1.4%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(down 1.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 1.33%) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 1.13%) closed in the red.