Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers stocks were trading lower on Friday at 11:20AM

were among the top gainers.

Bohra Industries(down 5.00%), Agro Phos(down 4.99%), Sikko Industries(down 4.97%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 4.76%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 4.34%), G S F C(down 4.26%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 4.24%), Madras Fertlizers(down 4.24%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 4.22%) and ZUARIAGRO(down 4.15%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 186.9 points down at 17940.45, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 575.76 points at 60250.46 at around 11:20AM.

Divis Laboratories(up 3.26%), Cipla(up 1.58%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.9%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.52%) and Nestle India(up 0.41%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 3.99%), Hindalco Industries(down 3.37%), Tata Motors(down 3.35%), Tata Steel(down 3.3%), Adani Enterprises(down 2.34%), State Bank of India(down 2.23%), Hero MotoCorp(down 1.99%), Bajaj Finance(down 1.98%), Bajaj Finserv(down 1.98%) and Eicher Motors(down 1.96%) were trading in the red.