Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

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

Paradeep Phosphates(up 1.05%), Sikko Industries(up 0.67%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.44%), Madras Fertlizers(up 0.43%), Rama Phosphates(up 0.39%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.14%) were among the top gainers.

Coromandel International(down 1.17%), G S F C(down 1.14%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 1.13%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 0.96%), National Fertilizer(down 0.78%), Agro Phos(down 0.76%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals(down 0.75%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries(down 0.73%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(down 0.70%) and Aries Agro(down 0.51%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 89.2 points down at 19581.9, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 319.78 points at 65557.24 at around 11:20AM.

Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 4.76%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(up 4.65%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 2.3%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 1.92%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.01%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 0.55%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 0.4%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.(up 0.31%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Wipro Ltd.(down 3.49%), UPL Ltd.(down 1.57%), Coal India Ltd.(down 1.49%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 1.42%), Tata Steel Ltd.(down 1.33%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.2%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 1.15%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 1.06%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 1.04%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 1.0%) were trading in the red.