Stock market update: Sugar stocks mixed as market falls

NEW DELHI: Sugar shares closed lower in the Thursday's session.

EID Parry(up 3.27%), Kothari Sugars & Chemicals(up 2.70%), Dharani Sugars & Chemicals(up 2.56%), Ugar Sugar Works(up 2.48%), AVADHSUGAR(up 1.14%), Dhampur Sugar Mills(up 1.12%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar & Industries(up 0.65%), Sakthi Sugars(up 0.63%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)(up 0.50%) and Bannari Amman Sugars(up 0.47%) stood among the top gainers.

Simbhaoli Sugars(down 3.39%), K.M.Sugar Mills(down 0.76%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries(down 0.73%), Balrampur Chini Mills(down 0.56%), KCP Sugar & Industries(down 0.41%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals(down 0.40%), Triveni Engineering & Industries(down 0.31%), Shree Renuka Sugars(down 0.24%), Uttam Sugar Mills(down 0.12%) and Mawana Sugars(down 0.05%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 46.65 points down at 18487.75, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 193.7 points at 62428.54.

Apollo Hospitals Enterprises(up 4.16%), Divis Laboratories(up 2.38%), Tata Motors(up 1.69%), Bajaj Auto(up 1.67%), Asian Paints(up 1.5%), Hero MotoCorp(up 1.47%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.27%), Cipla(up 1.23%), Eicher Motors(up 1.2%) and Hindustan Unilever(up 1.14%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Coal India(down 4.52%), Kotak Mahindra Bank(down 4.18%), Bharti Airtel(down 2.58%), SBI Life(down 2.21%), HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 1.71%), ICICI Bank(down 1.37%), ITC(down 1.3%), UPL Ltd(down 1.04%), Grasim Industries(down 0.93%) and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone(down 0.92%) closed in the red.