Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market rises

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

Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 14.03%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 11.15%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 8.92%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 4.81%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 4.75%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 4.38%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.36%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 4.30%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 4.01%) and Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 3.91%) stood among the top gainers.

Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 2.44%) and Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.85%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 92.31 points up at 23557.9, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 308.37 points at 77301.14.

Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 3.58%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 3.21%), Wipro Ltd.(up 3.01%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 1.67%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 1.56%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 1.46%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.3%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 1.14%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.14%) and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.0%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 2.22%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.55%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.11%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(down 1.11%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 0.86%), Tata Motors Ltd.(down 0.76%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 0.71%), ITC Ltd.(down 0.56%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 0.56%) and Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.53%) closed in the red.