Stock market update: Sugar stocks up as market falls

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

Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals(up 19.98%), Simbhaoli Sugars(up 19.96%), Sakthi Sugars(up 19.83%), Ugar Sugar Works(up 16.82%), Mawana Sugars(up 15.73%), Rana Sugars(up 14.83%), KCP Sugar & Industries(up 14.34%), BAJAJHIND(up 9.94%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)(up 9.69%) and Vishwaraj Sugar Industries(up 9.62%) stood among the top gainers.

were among the top losers of the day.


The NSE Nifty50 index ended 145.9 points down at 18269.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 461.22 points at 61337.81.

Tata Motors(up 1.18%), HDFC Bank(up 0.48%), Hindustan Unilever(up 0.3%), Tata Steel(up 0.09%) and JSW Steel(up 0.01%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 3.58%), Mahindra & Mahindra(down 2.75%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 2.66%), Asian Paints(down 2.39%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 2.12%), State Bank of India(down 2.05%), Tata Consultancy(down 1.96%), Bajaj Auto(down 1.93%), Grasim Industries(down 1.71%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(down 1.67%) closed in the red.