Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(up 5.56%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.99%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.67%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.83%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.35%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 1.92%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 1.80%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.31%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 0.99%) and Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 0.76%) stood among the top gainers.
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.15%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 1.11%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.33%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 159.2 points up at 17691.25, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 533.74 points at 59299.32.
Divis Laboratories(up 8.04%), Hindalco Industries(up 4.41%), NTPC(up 4.04%), Bajaj Finserv(up 3.66%), Tata Motors(up 2.61%), State Bank of India(up 2.55%), Bajaj Finance(up 2.29%), Tata Steel(up 2.03%), Tech Mahindra(up 2.03%) and SBI Life(up 1.8%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Cipla(down 2.91%), Grasim Industries(down 2.15%), UPL Ltd(down 1.36%), Eicher Motors(down 0.96%), Indian Oil Corporation(down 0.9%), Britannia Industries(down 0.72%), Bajaj Auto(down 0.69%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.66%), Titan Company Ltd(down 0.39%) and HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 0.38%) closed in the red.