Stock market update: Sugar stocks up as market rises

The 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 33.4 points at 74119.39

NEW DELHI: Sugar shares closed higher in the Thursday's session.

Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd.(up 2.63%), Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.92%), KM Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 1.88%), Kothari Sugars & Chemicals Ltd.(up 1.53%), Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.(up 1.45%), Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 1.32%), DCM Shriram Industries Ltd.(up 1.22%), EID Parry(India)Ltd.(up 0.97%), Vishwaraj Sugar Industries Ltd.(up 0.90%) and Uttam Sugar Mills Ltd.(up 0.84%) stood among the top gainers.

Avadh Sugar & Energy Ltd.(down 1.47%), KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation Ltd.(down 1.20%), Ponni Sugars(Erode)Ltd.(down 0.80%) and Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd.(down 0.08%) were among the top losers of the day.

The NSE Nifty50 index ended 19.5 points up at 22493.55, while the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up 33.4 points at 74119.39.

Tata Steel Ltd.(up 3.73%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 3.41%), Bajaj Auto Ltd.(up 3.18%), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 2.13%), JSW Steel Ltd.(up 2.11%), UPL Ltd.(up 1.93%), Hindalco Industries Ltd.(up 1.86%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd.(up 1.82%), Bajaj Finance Ltd.(up 1.74%) and Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.61%) stood among the top gainers in the Nifty pack.

On the other hand, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.(down 3.71%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.(down 2.14%), Reliance Industries Ltd.(down 1.61%), Axis Bank Ltd.(down 1.21%), ICICI Bank Ltd.(down 0.84%), LTIMindtree Ltd.(down 0.81%), Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.(down 0.77%), Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.(down 0.67%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd.(down 0.66%) and Coal India Ltd.(down 0.65%) closed in the red.

Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times