Sikko Industries(up 4.84%), Bohra Industries(up 4.40%), G S F C(up 2.85%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 2.55%), Madras Fertlizers(up 1.34%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 0.80%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 0.62%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 0.29%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(up 0.26%) and Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.08%) stood among the top gainers.
Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 4.52%), ZUARIAGRO(down 2.57%), Aries Agro(down 2.04%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 1.44%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.24%), Agro Phos(down 1.19%), Coromandel International(down 0.58%), KRISHANA(down 0.23%) and National Fertilizer(down 0.09%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 88.5 points down at 18178.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 336.46 points at 60923.5.
Kotak Mahindra Bank(up 6.37%), Tata Motors(up 4.33%), Grasim Industries(up 3.15%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 2.26%), HDFC(up 1.75%), Divis Laboratories(up 1.51%), ICICI Bank(up 1.29%), NTPC(up 1.13%), Coal India(up 1.05%) and Indian Oil Corporation(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Asian Paints(down 5.29%), Hindalco Industries(down 3.74%), Reliance Industries(down 2.88%), Infosys(down 2.7%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 2.15%), Tata Steel(down 2.13%), Tata Consultancy(down 2.12%), Hero MotoCorp(down 2.1%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 1.96%) and HCL Technologies(down 1.8%) closed in the red.
