Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks down as market falls

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers stocks were trading lower on Tuesday at 11:10AM

Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 1.25%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 0.57%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.24%) and Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 0.15%) were among the top gainers.

Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 3.08%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.90%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 2.89%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 2.75%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.38%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.14%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.02%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.96%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.76%) and Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 1.61%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 210.8 points down at 21844.9, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 624.85 points at 72123.57 at around 11:10AM.

Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 0.98%), Bharti Airtel Ltd.(up 0.88%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(up 0.41%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.33%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 0.11%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 0.03%) and Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.03%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 3.41%), Nestle India Ltd.(down 3.41%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 3.18%), Cipla Ltd.(down 2.85%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.21%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.18%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 2.17%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 2.0%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 1.85%) and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 1.82%) were trading in the red.