Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers shares closed higher in the Tuesday’s session.

ZUARIAGRO(up 4.97%), Aries Agro(up 4.35%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 3.82%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 3.81%), National Fertilizer(up 3.66%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 2.97%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 2.55%), KRISHANA(up 2.34%), Madras Fertlizers(up 2.20%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 2.04%) stood among the top gainers.

Sikko Industries(down 4.93%), Bohra Industries(down 3.95%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 1.75%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.18%) and Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.49%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 86.8 points up at 17503.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 198.44 points at 58664.33.

JSW Steel(up 4.0%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 3.94%), Coal India(up 3.75%), NTPC(up 2.57%), Tata Steel(up 2.32%), Bharti Airtel(up 2.26%), Britannia Industries(up 2.25%), Eicher Motors(up 2.01%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(up 1.99%) and Tata Motors(up 1.93%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, IndusInd Bank(down 2.54%), Asian Paints(down 2.32%), Infosys(down 1.28%), Bajaj Auto(down 0.27%), Wipro(down 0.19%), Titan Company Ltd(down 0.15%), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.13%), Axis Bank(down 0.11%), Hero MotoCorp(down 0.09%) and ICICI Bank(down 0.02%) closed in the red.

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