Share market update: Fertilizer stocks down; Khaitan Chemicals slips 4%

NEW DELHI: Fertilizer stocks were trading with losses in Friday's afternoon session.

Khaitan Chemicals & Fertilizers (down 4.19 per cent) , Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals (down 2.39 per cent) , Fertilizers & Chemicals Tranvancore (down 1.85 per cent) and Bharat Agri Fertilizers & Realty (down 1.31 per cent) were trading lower.
Phosphate Company (down 1.13 per cent) , Zuari Agro (down 1.05 per cent) , Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (down 1.02 per cent) , G S F C (down 0.76 per cent) , Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers (down 0.34 per cent) , Coromandel International (down 0.34 per cent) and National Fertilizer (down 0.19 per cent) too were trading with losses.

The NSE Nifty50 index was trading 76.25 points up at 11,948.35 while the 30share BSE Sensex was up 270.27 points at 40,556.75 at around 02:05 pm.

Bharti Airtel (up 8.59 per cent) , Bharti Infratel (up 8.22 per cent) , State Bank of India (up 5.16 per cent) , Grasim Industries (up 3.67 per cent) and Cipla (up 3.57 per cent) were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Indian Oil Corporation (down 3.18 per cent) , UPL (down 2.75 per cent) , Bharat Petroleum Corporation (down 1.04 per cent) and ITC (down 1.00 per cent) were trading in the red.