NEW DELHI: Sugar stocks were trading lower on Friday at 10:38AM

were among the top gainers.

Bannari Amman Sugars Ltd.(down 6.09%), Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd.(down 4.13%), Sakthi Sugars Ltd.(down 3.99%), Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.67%), Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd.(down 3.61%), Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd.(down 3.26%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.17%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(down 3.02%), Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd.(down 3.00%) and Mawana Sugars Ltd.(down 3.00%) were among the top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 186.66 points down at 24212.75, while the 30-share BSE Sensex was down 452.97 points at 79612.19 at around 10:38AM.

ITC Ltd.(up 4.48%), Axis Bank Ltd.(up 1.28%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 1.2%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.19%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 1.11%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.98%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(up 0.97%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(up 0.78%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.74%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(up 0.72%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 18.48%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 4.6%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 3.99%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(down 3.64%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 3.49%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 3.22%), Coal India Ltd.(down 2.9%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(down 2.57%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 2.52%) and NTPC Ltd.(down 2.44%) were trading in the red.