Bohra Industries Ltd.(up 4.96%) and Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd.(up 0.30%) stood among the top gainers.
Agro Phos India Ltd.(down 4.94%), Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 4.19%), Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.(down 3.66%), Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd.(down 3.48%), Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.10%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.(down 3.05%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.(down 2.87%), Sikko Industries Ltd.(down 2.47%), The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd.(down 2.43%) and Krishana Phoschem Ltd.(down 2.27%) were among the top losers of the day.
The NSE Nifty50 index ended 72.96 points down at 24781.1, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 73.48 points at 81151.27.
Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 4.34%), HDFC Bank Ltd.(up 2.79%), Asian Paints Ltd.(up 1.91%), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(up 1.15%), Eicher Motors Ltd.(up 0.95%), Tech Mahindra Ltd.(up 0.79%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(up 0.73%), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.59%), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.(up 0.5%) and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.(up 0.46%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.
On the other hand, Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(down 6.98%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 4.38%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(down 3.38%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 3.17%), IndusInd Bank Ltd.(down 2.9%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 2.37%), Adani Enterprises Ltd.(down 2.15%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd.(down 2.15%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(down 1.85%) and Britannia Industries Ltd.(down 1.85%) closed in the red.