Stock market update: Sugar stocks down as market falls

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

Sakthi Sugars Ltd.(up 3.26%) and Magadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(up 1.04%) stood among the top gainers.

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd.(down 4.71%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(down 4.44%), Mawana Sugars Ltd.(down 3.99%), KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 3.66%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.55%), Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd.(down 3.11%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(down 2.56%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)Ltd.(down 2.45%), EID Parry(India)Ltd.(down 2.33%) and Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(down 2.31%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 546.81 points down at 25250.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 1769.19 points at 82497.1.

JSW Steel Ltd.(up 1.15%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.12%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.04%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 5.27%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 4.51%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 4.27%), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 4.16%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 4.1%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 3.95%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 3.94%), Asian Paints Ltd.(down 3.91%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(down 3.83%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 3.64%) closed in the red.