Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

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

Madhya Bharat Agro Products(up 5.00%) and Agro Phos(up 0.42%) stood among the top gainers.

Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 4.65%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 3.80%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 3.59%), Aries Agro(down 2.65%), ZUARIAGRO(down 2.58%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 2.49%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.46%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.36%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 2.03%) and National Fertilizer(down 2.03%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 43.7 points down at 16584.3, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 48.88 points at 55769.23.

Reliance Industries(up 2.03%), Larsen & Toubro(up 0.91%), Infosys(up 0.91%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.65%), Tata Consultancy(up 0.5%), HCL Technologies(up 0.32%), Hindustan Unilever(up 0.31%), Wipro(up 0.28%), Power Grid Corporation of India(up 0.2%) and Tech Mahindra(up 0.17%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Grasim Industries(down 6.5%), UltraTech Cement(down 5.48%), Shree Cement(down 4.61%), Hero MotoCorp(down 2.98%), Maruti Suzuki(down 2.78%), Cipla(down 2.65%), NTPC(down 2.55%), Axis Bank(down 2.06%), IndusInd Bank(down 1.98%) and JSW Steel(down 1.91%) closed in the red.