Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market falls

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

Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 12.38%), National Fertilizer(up 8.43%), Rama Phosphates(up 5.64%), Madras Fertlizers(up 4.68%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 4.02%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 3.53%), KRISHANA(up 3.49%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 1.96%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 1.78%) and G S F C(up 1.16%) stood among the top gainers.

Agro Phos(down 2.98%), Aries Agro(down 2.46%), ZUARIAGRO(down 1.53%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.25%), Coromandel International(down 0.82%) and Bohra Industries(down 0.21%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 0.55 points up at 18497.15, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 51.1 points at 62130.57.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 3.12%), Divis Laboratories(up 1.98%), Coal India(up 1.55%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(up 1.22%), UPL Ltd(up 1.22%), Nestle India(up 1.21%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 1.17%), Tata Steel(up 1.13%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 1.02%) and UltraTech Cement(up 0.98%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Asian Paints(down 1.88%), Infosys(down 1.41%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 1.18%), Titan Company Ltd(down 1.18%), Eicher Motors(down 1.12%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 1.06%), Cipla(down 1.0%), Bharti Airtel(down 0.78%), Power Grid Corporation of India(down 0.76%) and State Bank of India(down 0.56%) closed in the red.