Madhya Bharat Agro Products Ltd.(up 5.53%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(up 5.39%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 3.90%), Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 3.14%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(up 2.40%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(up 2.36%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(up 2.17%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.85%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.75%) and Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(up 1.27%) stood among the top gainers.
Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 0.48%) and Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 0.23%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 0.11 points at 23644.8, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 109.12 points at 78139.01.
Bharat Electronics Ltd.(up 2.9%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(up 2.84%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(up 2.61%), Trent Ltd.(up 2.44%), Coal India Ltd.(up 1.66%), ITC Ltd.(up 1.4%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.24%), UltraTech Cement Ltd.(up 1.23%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(up 1.04%) and Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.89%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.46%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 2.0%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(down 1.54%), Infosys Ltd.(down 1.37%), Shriram Finance Ltd.(down 1.03%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 1.01%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 0.96%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(down 0.95%), Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 0.77%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.(down 0.72%) closed in the red.