Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers stocks were trading lower on Monday at 10:39AM

Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 4.96%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 2.17%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 1.50%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 1.12%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 1.08%) and Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.75%) were among the top gainers.

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.13%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.00%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 1.91%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.86%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.62%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.60%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.51%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 1.40%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 1.39%) and Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 0.94%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 71.91 points down at 22140.8, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 267.57 points at 72875.23 at around 10:39AM.

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 2.62%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(up 2.59%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 1.41%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.07%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 1.06%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.73%), Cipla Ltd.(up 0.6%), Coal India Ltd.(up 0.56%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 0.42%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.39%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Asian Paints Ltd.(down 3.73%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.1%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 2.03%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(down 1.51%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.48%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.32%), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.22%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.18%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 1.15%) and LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 1.13%) were trading in the red.

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