Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.80%) and Rama Phosphates Ltd.(up 0.82%) stood among the top gainers.
Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 6.25%), Aries Agro Ltd.(down 3.90%), Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 3.43%), Madras Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.30%), National Fertilizers Ltd.(down 2.78%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 2.31%), Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.09%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 2.08%), Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd.(down 2.01%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 1.97%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 234.4 points down at 22519.4, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 793.25 points at 74244.9.
Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.09%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 0.66%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.5%), Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.(up 0.43%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 0.37%), Nestle India Ltd.(up 0.35%) and IndusInd Bank Ltd.(up 0.19%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 4.0%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(down 3.29%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(down 2.59%), Titan Company Ltd.(down 2.48%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 2.32%), Grasim Industries Ltd.(down 2.27%), Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(down 1.98%), JSW Steel Ltd.(down 1.98%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(down 1.92%) and Cipla Ltd.(down 1.84%) closed in the red.