Stock market update: Fertilisers stocks up as market rises

NEW DELHI: Fertilisers stocks were trading higher on Monday at 10:34AM

National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.71%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(up 2.71%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.43%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.03%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.82%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.50%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 1.50%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 1.39%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.02%) and Aries Agro Ltd.(up 0.98%) were among the top gainers.

Coromandel International Ltd.(down 1.61%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.36%), Bohra Industries Ltd.(down 0.54%) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.15%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 95.35 points up at 22242.35, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was up 240.1 points at 73328.43 at around 10:34AM.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 3.81%), Wipro Ltd.(up 2.49%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 2.07%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 2.01%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 2.0%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 1.86%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.58%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(up 1.57%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.53%) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.52%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, NTPC Ltd.(down 1.36%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(down 0.92%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 0.49%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 0.37%) and ITC Ltd.(down 0.12%) were trading in the red.