Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 2.65%), Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(up 2.28%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.64%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.03%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 0.98%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 0.94%), Coromandel International Ltd.(up 0.70%), Aries Agro Ltd.(up 0.60%), Southern Petrochemicals Industries Corporation Ltd.(up 0.27%) and Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.15%) stood among the top gainers.
Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.88%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(down 1.54%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 1.49%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 1.01%), Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 0.83%), Rama Phosphates Ltd.(down 0.78%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 0.77%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.70%), Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(down 0.21%) and Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.02%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 66.7 points up at 23465.6, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 181.87 points at 76992.77.
Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 2.79%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 2.34%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.87%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(up 1.79%), Titan Company Ltd.(up 1.67%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 1.38%), Cipla Ltd.(up 1.31%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(up 1.18%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(up 1.15%) and HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 1.03%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack. On the other hand, Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.26%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.19%), Wipro Ltd.(down 1.06%), HCL Technologies Ltd.(down 0.91%), State Bank of India(down 0.56%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.54%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 0.43%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 0.42%), NTPC Ltd.(down 0.41%) and Nestle India Ltd.(down 0.37%) closed in the red.
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