Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

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

KRISHANA(up 6.13%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 4.87%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 2.49%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 1.71%), Sikko Industries(up 1.18%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 0.28%) stood among the top gainers.

Rama Phosphates(down 5.27%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 3.85%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 3.22%), G S F C(down 2.89%), Madras Fertlizers(down 2.87%), ZUARIAGRO(down 2.34%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 1.80%), National Fertilizer(down 1.79%), Coromandel International(down 1.75%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.63%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 80.2 points down at 18027.65, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 236.66 points at 60621.77.

Coal India(up 1.36%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 1.13%), HDFC Bank(up 1.02%), HDFC(up 0.9%), ITC(up 0.74%), Tata Motors(up 0.6%), ICICI Bank(up 0.48%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.42%), State Bank of India(up 0.4%) and Axis Bank(up 0.2%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Hindustan Unilever(down 3.81%), Asian Paints(down 2.73%), Bajaj Finance(down 2.53%), JSW Steel(down 2.45%), Nestle India(down 2.44%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 2.43%), SBI Life(down 2.04%), Hindalco Industries(down 1.79%), Bajaj Finserv(down 1.62%) and UPL Ltd(down 1.3%) closed in the red.