Stock Sectors: Stock Update: Fertilizer Stocks Fall as Market Falls

NEW DELHI: Shares of Fertilizers closed higher during Tuesday’s session.

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (up 2.33%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd. (up 2.19%), Coromandel International Ltd. (up 1.87%), Aries Agro Ltd. (up 1.65%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd. (up 1.46%), Rama Phosphates Ltd. (up 1.18%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (up 1.07%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (up 0.97%) and Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd. (up 0.56%) were among the top gainers.

Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (down 5.74%), The Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (down 3.33%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (down 3.14%), National Fertilizers Ltd. (down 2.67%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (down 2.53%), Sikko Industries Ltd. (down 2.51%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd. (down 1.17%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. (down 0.92%), Agro Phos India Ltd. (down 0.71%) and Among the biggest losers of the day was Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (down 0.55%).

The NSE Nifty50 index ended the session up 5.65 points at 23,264.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 33.49 points at 76,456.59.

Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (up 5.56%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (up 1.56%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (up 1.41%), Tata Motors Ltd . (up 1.23%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (up 1.15%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (up 1.13%), UltraTech Cement Ltd. (up 1.0%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (up 1.0%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (up 0.85%) and Bajaj Auto Ltd. (up 0.82%) were among the top gainers on the Nifty. Meanwhile, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (down 1.47%), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (down 1.35%), Asian Paints Ltd. (down 1.2%), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (down 1.1%), Reliance Industries Ltd. (down 1.01%), ITC Ltd. (down 0.9%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (down 0.89%) ), JSW Steel Ltd. (down 0.64%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (down 0.52%) and Eicher Motors Ltd. (down 0.51%) ended the session in the red.