Stock market update: Sugar stocks up as market falls

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

Triveni Engineering & Industries(up 9.00%), AVADHSUGAR(up 6.65%), Mawana Sugars(up 5.30%), BAJAJHIND(up 4.85%), Ugar Sugar Works(up 3.68%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries(up 3.59%), Dharani Sugars & Chemicals(up 3.59%), Bannari Amman Sugars(up 3.48%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries(up 3.16%) and Sakthi Sugars(up 2.85%) stood among the top gainers.

Vishwaraj Sugar Industries(down 3.37%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals(down 0.68%) and Kothari Sugars & Chemicals(down 0.64%) were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 167.8 points down at 17110.15, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 581.21 points at 57276.94.

Axis Bank(up 2.88%), State Bank of India(up 2.78%), Maruti Suzuki(up 2.53%), Cipla(up 2.42%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 1.87%), Indian Oil Corporation(up 1.03%), Bajaj Auto(up 0.92%), Tata Motors(up 0.78%), Hindalco Industries(up 0.7%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.5%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, HCL Technologies(down 4.09%), Tech Mahindra(down 3.67%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 3.33%), Tata Consultancy(down 3.2%), Wipro(down 3.19%), Titan Company Ltd(down 2.8%), Divis Laboratories(down 2.7%), Infosys(down 2.53%), UPL Ltd(down 2.43%) and Hero MotoCorp(down 2.41%) closed in the red.