Stock market update: Fertilizers stocks fall as market falls

New Delhi: Fertilizers shares closed lower in the Friday session.

Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(up 3.26%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(1.14%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(0.80%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(0.50%), Rama Phosphates Ltd. (up 0.38%), Khetan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (up 0.35%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (up 0.27%), The Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (0.22%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (up 0.18%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd. (up 0.11%). %) was among the top gainers.

Sikko Industries Ltd. (down 2.65%), Pardeep Phosphates Ltd. (down 2.04%), Aries Agro Ltd. (down 1.40%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd. (down 1.10%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd. (down ). 0.94%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd. (down 0.79%), Krishna Foschem Ltd. (down 0.68%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (down 0.46%), Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (down 0.44%) and Coromandel International Limited (0.38%) were among the day’s top losers.

The NSE Nifty50 index fell 30.61 points to close at 24677.8, while the 30-share BSE Sensex fell 56.74 points to close at 81709.12.

Tata Motors Ltd. (up 3.06%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (up 2.34%), Axis Bank Ltd. (up 1.56%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (up 1.22%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (up 1.17%). ), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (up 1.13%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (1.12% higher in the Nifty pack), Larsen & Toubro Ltd (up 0.92%), Titan Company Ltd (0.85%) and Tata Steel Ltd (0.83%) were among the top gainers.

On the other hand, Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (down 1.41%), Cipla Ltd. (down 1.4%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (down 1.09%), HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. (down 1.04%), Asian Paints Ltd. (down 0.92%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (down 0.8%), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (down 0.79%), Ultratech Cement Ltd. (down 0.71%), Wipro Ltd. (0.66%) and Infosys Ltd. (0.65%) closed in the red.