ZUARIAGRO(up 4.96%), Sikko Industries(up 4.95%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 1.56%), Bohra Industries(up 1.00%), G S F C(up 0.93%), Agro Phos(up 0.90%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.81%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers(up 0.31%) stood among the top gainers.
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 3.99%), Madras Fertlizers(down 2.35%), KRISHANA(down 1.98%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 1.78%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 1.53%), Aries Agro(down 1.41%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 1.35%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 0.53%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.52%) and National Fertilizer(down 0.44%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 27.05 points down at 18017.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 80.63 points at 60352.82.
UPL Ltd(up 3.34%), Bharti Airtel(up 3.12%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 3.08%), Britannia Industries(up 2.12%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.22%), Reliance Industries(up 1.12%), ITC(up 0.92%), Bajaj Finserv(up 0.85%), Eicher Motors(up 0.83%) and TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(up 0.81%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, IndusInd Bank(down 3.37%), Hindalco Industries(down 3.2%), Tata Steel(down 2.8%), Coal India(down 2.23%), JSW Steel(down 2.11%), SBI Life(down 1.95%), Hindustan Unilever(down 1.28%), Asian Paints(down 1.17%), Power Grid Corporation of India(down 1.15%) and Titan Company Ltd(down 1.09%) closed in the red.