Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market rises

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

Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(up 3.67%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 2.94%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (up 2.41%), Sikko Industries(up 2.17%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(up 0.60%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.36%), ZUARIAGRO(up 0.27%), Aries Agro(up 0.25%) and Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 0.13%) stood among the top gainers.

National Fertilizer(down 5.16%), Bohra Industries(down 4.22%), Madras Fertlizers(down 2.01%), Rama Phosphates(down 1.84%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 1.77%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 1.59%), G S F C(down 1.03%), Coromandel International(down 1.02%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 0.79%) and Agro Phos(down 0.66%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 84.05 points up at 18398.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 317.81 points at 62345.71.

Hero MotoCorp(up 3.3%), Tata Motors(up 2.89%), ITC(up 1.75%), Tech Mahindra(up 1.73%), Hindustan Unilever(up 1.48%), Hindalco Industries(up 1.47%), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 1.17%), Larsen & Toubro(up 1.16%), Coal India(up 1.13%) and Infosys(up 1.06%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Adani Enterprises(down 2.48%), Cipla(down 1.56%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(down 1.35%), Grasim Industries(down 1.17%), Divis Laboratories(down 1.16%), Maruti Suzuki(down 0.95%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 0.85%), Tata Consultancy(down 0.59%), UPL Ltd(down 0.33%) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.31%) closed in the red.