Shares of agri-related companies, including agrochemicals and fertilisers, were in focus as demand for the procurement of fertilizers has been promising due to surplus reservoirs levels, record-high Kharif crop sowing and plentiful rainfall during the monsoon season. Among individual stocks, Fertilizers & Chemicals Travancore (FACT) and Madras Fertilizers were locked at 20 per cent upper circuit limits at Rs 76.05 and Rs 25.65, respectively. These stocks are also quoting at their 52-week high levels. That apart, Southern Petrochemicals, Zuari Global, Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers (RCF) from the fertilizers sector rallied up to 12 per cent on the BSE. PI Industries, UPL and Rallies India from the agrochemicals sector jumped between 4 per cent and 6 per cent on the BSE. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 1 per cent at 48,575 at 01:14 pm.