Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 5.66%), Coromandel International(up 0.77%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.63%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.19%) and Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 0.09%) stood among the top gainers.
Sikko Industries(down 4.99%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 4.44%), Bohra Industries(down 4.35%), Agro Phos(down 1.69%), G S F C(down 1.47%), Madras Fertlizers(down 1.23%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 1.21%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 0.75%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 0.75%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.66%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 110.25 points down at 17999.2, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 396.34 points at 60322.37.
Maruti Suzuki(up 7.29%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 3.44%), Tata Motors(up 2.69%), Hero MotoCorp(up 2.14%), Tech Mahindra(up 1.31%), Eicher Motors(up 0.97%), JSW Steel(up 0.51%), Bajaj Finserv(up 0.44%), Larsen & Toubro(up 0.42%) and Wipro(up 0.39%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Shree Cement(down 3.23%), Reliance Industries(down 2.32%), State Bank of India(down 2.26%), Hindalco Industries(down 2.26%), TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 2.25%), UltraTech Cement(down 2.09%), NTPC(down 2.08%), IndusInd Bank(down 1.98%), Grasim Industries(down 1.76%) and Cipla(down 1.75%) closed in the red.