Madras Fertlizers(up 3.07%), National Fertilizer(up 2.29%), Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore(up 2.08%), Bohra Industries(up 2.08%), Coromandel International(up 1.06%), Aries Agro(up 1.05%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.97%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers(up 0.51%), Sikko Industries(up 0.47%) and KRISHANA(up 0.33%) stood among the top gainers.
Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chem(down 4.98%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers(down 2.10%), G S F C(down 1.48%), Deepak Fertilizers & Petrochemicals(down 1.33%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers (down 1.17%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products(down 1.10%), ZUARIAGRO(down 0.95%) and Rama Phosphates(down 0.42%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 0.4 points down at 17624.05, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 22.71 points at 59655.06.
ITC(up 1.99%), Tata Consultancy(up 1.81%), Britannia Industries(up 1.68%), Wipro(up 1.43%), Asian Paints(up 1.35%), Cipla(up 1.22%), HCL Technologies(up 1.1%), Divis Laboratories(up 0.89%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation(up 0.73%) and HDFC(up 0.6%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, HDFC LIFE INSURANCE(down 3.2%), Tech Mahindra(down 2.26%), Adani Enterprises(down 2.17%), SBI Life(down 1.98%), Maruti Suzuki(down 1.79%), Hindalco Industries(down 1.74%), Tata Steel(down 1.71%), UltraTech Cement(down 1.57%), Grasim Industries(down 1.51%) and Eicher Motors(down 1.42%) closed in the red.