Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.52% in an upbeat market
Laurus(up 2.65 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 1.99 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 1.22 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 1.19 per cent) and Granules India(up 1.03 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Sanofi India(down 0.32 per cent), Natco Pharma(down 0.32 per cent), Pfizer(down 0.1 per cent), Abbott India(down 0.05 per cent) and Divis Laboratories(down 0.05 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.52 per cent at 15199.1 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 94.8 points at 19437.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 334.32 points at 65410.14.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.
Shares of Zomato, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, BHEL and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Pritika Engineering, P E Analytics, Ameya Precision Engi, Delta Manufacturing and Menon Bearings hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Penta Gold, Proventus Agrocom, Rajnandini Metal, Rajesh Exports and Shrenik hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
