Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.64%
Shares of Gland Pharma(up 20.0 per cent), Biocon(up 4.5 per cent), Natco Pharma(up 3.66 per cent), Cipla(up 3.5 per cent) and Laurus(up 2.91 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack. On the other hand, Ipca Laboratories(down 2.12 per cent), Divis Laboratories(down 1.64 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 1.05 per cent), Abbott India(down 0.79 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 0.54 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.64 per cent up at 15578.5. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 26.45 points at 19570.85, while the BSE Sensex stood down 106.98 points at 65846.5.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red. Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Vodafone Idea, Zomato, Reliance Power and Bank of Maharashtra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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