Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market rises

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

Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 9.96%), Agro Phos(up 4.78%), Aries Agro(up 4.09%), ZUARIAGRO(up 3.40%), Sikko Industries(up 0.44%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.32%), KRISHANA(up 0.26%) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 0.25%) stood among the top gainers.

Bohra Industries(down 4.45%), National Fertilizer(down 2.01%), Madras Fertlizers(down 1.96%), G S F C(down 1.92%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 1.79%), Rama Phosphates(down 1.60%), Coromandel International(down 1.49%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.42%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 1.35%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.23%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 68.5 points up at 18191.0, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 223.6 points at 61133.88.

Eicher Motors(up 2.17%), Bharti Airtel(up 2.11%), State Bank of India(up 1.79%), Tata Steel(up 1.59%), IndusInd Bank(up 1.4%), SBI Life(up 1.33%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(up 1.14%), Axis Bank(up 1.07%), ICICI Bank(up 1.01%) and JSW Steel(up 1.01%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(down 1.4%), Tata Motors(down 1.38%), Titan Company Ltd(down 1.04%), UltraTech Cement(down 1.02%), Divis Laboratories(down 0.99%), Britannia Industries(down 0.86%), Bajaj Finserv(down 0.72%), Coal India(down 0.69%), Hindustan Unilever(down 0.6%) and TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS(down 0.52%) closed in the red.