Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 4.37%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 3.49%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.42%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 3.18%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 2.67%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 2.66%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.63%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 2.29%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.08%) and Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 2.08%) stood among the top gainers.
Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 0.53%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 124.6 points down at 22147.9, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 456.1 points at 72943.68.
Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 3.24%), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.29%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 1.26%), Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 1.22%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 1.18%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.98%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.66%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.65%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 0.51%) and Coal India Ltd.(up 0.49%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Infosys Ltd.(down 3.66%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 3.18%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 3.17%), Wipro Ltd.(down 2.4%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 2.32%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.89%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 1.85%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.77%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.74%) and Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.73%) closed in the red.