Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

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

Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 4.52%), Coromandel International(up 0.65%), Sikko Industries(up 0.65%) and Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 0.14%) stood among the top gainers.

Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 5.00%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 4.87%), Madras Fertlizers(down 3.35%), Rama Phosphates(down 3.04%), G S F C(down 2.68%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 2.10%), Agro Phos(down 2.07%), Aries Agro(down 1.80%), National Fertilizer(down 1.67%) and ZUARIAGRO(down 1.66%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 61.75 points down at 17894.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 168.21 points at 60092.97.

Tech Mahindra(up 3.12%), HCL Technologies(up 1.48%), Infosys(up 1.45%), Wipro(up 1.19%), Hero MotoCorp(up 1.11%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 0.77%), Bajaj Finance(up 0.55%), UltraTech Cement(up 0.5%), State Bank of India(up 0.48%) and ITC(up 0.44%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Adani Enterprises(down 2.72%), Axis Bank(down 2.25%), JSW Steel(down 1.21%), Tata Consultancy(down 1.2%), Hindalco Industries(down 1.12%), NTPC(down 1.1%), Hindustan Unilever(down 1.03%), HDFC(down 1.02%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 0.96%) and HDFC Bank(down 0.96%) closed in the red.