ZUARIAGRO(up 4.49%), Bohra Industries(up 2.74%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 2.17%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 1.32%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 0.93%), Aries Agro(up 0.86%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.73%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 0.51%), Agro Phos(up 0.32%) and National Fertilizer(up 0.17%) stood among the top gainers.
Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 4.06%), KRISHANA(down 2.54%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers(down 2.45%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 2.16%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.83%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 0.24%), Coromandel International(down 0.23%) and Madras Fertlizers(down 0.16%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 37.3 points down at 17711.3, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 254.33 points at 59413.27.
NTPC(up 6.59%), Coal India(up 6.39%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 6.03%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 4.67%), Indian Oil Corporation(up 3.66%), State Bank of India(up 3.39%), Hindalco Industries(up 3.35%), JSW Steel(up 2.87%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 1.79%) and Cipla(up 1.71%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, HDFC(down 2.09%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 1.83%), Asian Paints(down 1.68%), UltraTech Cement(down 1.63%), Hindustan Unilever(down 1.42%), Eicher Motors(down 1.38%), Tech Mahindra(down 1.32%), HDFC Bank(down 1.31%), Hero MotoCorp(down 1.18%) and ICICI Bank(down 1.07%) closed in the red.
