Stock Market Sectors: Stock Market Update: Fertilizer Stocks Fall, Market Rising

NEW DELHI: Fertiliser stocks ended higher on Thursday with Sikko Industries Ltd. (up 5.00%), Rama Phosphates Ltd. (up 2.74%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (up 1.24%), Coromandel International Ltd. (up 0.59%) and Krishana Phoschem Ltd. (up 0.04%) among the top gainers.

Madras Fertilizers Ltd. (down 3.57%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (down 3.54%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (down 3.02%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (down 2.79%), Aries Agro Ltd. (down 2.39%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd. (down 2.28%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd. (down 2.24%), National Fertilizers Ltd. (down 2.11%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (down 1.73%) and Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd. (down 1.53%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended the day up 187.85 points at 24,800.85, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed 626.91 points higher at 81,343.46.

LTIMindtree Ltd. (up 3.5%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (up 3.29%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (up 2.81%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (up 2.6%), Wipro Ltd. (up 2.42%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (up 2.38%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (up 2.28%), Shriram Finance Ltd. (up 1.92%), Infosys Ltd. (up 1.86%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (up 1.86%) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Asian Paints Ltd. (down 1.45%), Coal India Ltd. (down 1.41%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd. (down 1.37%), Grasim Industries Ltd. (down 1.26%), Bajaj Auto Ltd. (down 0.95%), NTPC Ltd. (down 0.71%), Adani Enterprises Ltd. (down 0.55%), Tata Steel Ltd. (down 0.43%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (down 0.36%) and Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (down 0.35%) ended in the red.

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