Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.29%
Shares of Ipca Laboratories(up 3.69 per cent), Pfizer(up 2.13 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 2.01 per cent), Abbott India(up 1.49 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 1.38 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack. On the other hand, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 2.87 per cent), Laurus(down 1.77 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(down 1.39 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(down 0.81 per cent) and Lupin(down 0.58 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.29 per cent up at 14962.55. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 13.85 points at 19646.05, while the BSE Sensex stood down 106.62 points at 66160.2.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 28 ended in the green, while 22 closed in the red. Shares of Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank and Rail Vikas Nigam were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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