Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

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

G S F C(up 4.54%), Agro Phos(up 3.00%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 2.71%), KRISHANA(up 0.81%) and Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 0.50%) stood among the top gainers.

Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 4.99%), Madras Fertlizers(down 4.14%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 3.68%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.77%), National Fertilizer(down 2.40%), ZUARIAGRO(down 2.30%), Aries Agro(down 2.29%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.84%), Sikko Industries(down 1.73%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.44%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 132.7 points down at 17859.45, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 452.9 points at 59900.37.

Britannia Industries(up 1.06%), Mahindra & Mahindra(up 0.98%), Reliance Industries(up 0.91%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 0.69%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 0.58%), Bajaj Auto(up 0.58%), Nestle India(up 0.55%), ITC(up 0.48%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(up 0.36%) and SBI Life(up 0.11%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Tata Consultancy(down 3.01%), JSW Steel(down 2.98%), IndusInd Bank(down 2.79%), Bajaj Finserv(down 2.62%), Tech Mahindra(down 2.52%), Bajaj Finance(down 1.96%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 1.84%), Infosys(down 1.81%), Coal India(down 1.79%) and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 1.65%) closed in the red.