Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

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

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 1.71%) and Southern Petrochemicals Industries(up 0.51%) stood among the top gainers.

Madras Fertlizers(down 3.92%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 3.66%), Agro Phos(down 3.60%), Coromandel International(down 3.30%), KRISHANA(down 2.91%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 2.27%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.83%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 1.79%), National Fertilizer(down 1.64%) and G S F C(down 1.33%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 24.5 points down at 15810.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 100.42 points at 53134.35.

Power Grid Corporation of India(up 1.64%), Shree Cement(up 1.42%), Hindalco Industries(up 1.4%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(up 1.25%), Bajaj Finserv(up 1.2%), Hindustan Unilever(up 1.11%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation(up 1.11%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.91%), Tata Motors(up 0.87%) and Reliance Industries(up 0.81%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, ITC(down 1.71%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 1.65%), Wipro(down 1.59%), Britannia Industries(down 1.18%), Maruti Suzuki(down 1.12%), Larsen & Toubro(down 1.06%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 1.03%), IndusInd Bank(down 0.96%), Axis Bank(down 0.89%) and Asian Paints(down 0.85%) closed in the red.