Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers shares closed lower in the Tuesday's session.

Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 4.21%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 0.80%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 0.43%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.35%) and Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 0.06%) stood among the top gainers.

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.04%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.88%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.38%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.30%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 1.85%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.75%), Coromandel International Ltd.(down 1.68%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 1.64%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.62%) and Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.58%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 18.11 points down at 24123.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 34.74 points at 79441.45.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 2.84%), Wipro Ltd.(up 2.06%), Infosys Ltd.(up 1.91%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.49%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.99%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 0.96%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.91%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.82%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.72%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 0.7%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 3.4%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 2.42%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 2.13%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 2.08%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 1.89%), State Bank of India(down 1.88%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.83%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.76%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.53%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 1.38%) closed in the red.