Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market rises

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

ZUARIAGRO(up 3.97%), Bohra Industries(up 1.86%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 1.62%), Aries Agro(up 1.41%), KRISHANA(up 0.80%), Paradeep Phosphates(up 0.75%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 0.71%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 0.59%), Coromandel International(up 0.52%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.29%) stood among the top gainers.

Sikko Industries(down 3.60%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 2.69%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.35%), Madras Fertlizers(down 1.85%), National Fertilizer(down 1.68%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 1.65%), Rama Phosphates(down 1.48%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 1.11%), G S F C(down 0.77%) and Agro Phos(down 0.69%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 111.0 points up at 18314.4, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 234.0 points at 61963.68.

Adani Enterprises(up 18.92%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(up 6.05%), Divis Laboratories(up 5.38%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(up 3.56%), Tech Mahindra(up 3.01%), Wipro(up 2.47%), Tata Consultancy(up 2.35%), HCL Technologies(up 2.24%), Infosys(up 1.88%) and HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(up 1.69%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Nestle India(down 0.9%), Hero MotoCorp(down 0.77%), Eicher Motors(down 0.71%), Axis Bank(down 0.7%), Coal India(down 0.5%), Bharti Airtel(down 0.48%), Tata Motors(down 0.47%), ICICI Bank(down 0.41%), HDFC Bank(down 0.36%) and SBI Life(down 0.29%) closed in the red.