Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.05% in a weak market
Biocon Ltd.(up 1.53 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.43 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 1.03 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.81 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.66 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Granules India Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(down 0.85 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.81 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.72 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.7 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.05 per cent at 15167.75 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 21.15 points at 19695.3, while the BSE Sensex was down 64.96 points at 66053.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, IOB, Reliance Power, YES Bank and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Mazda Ltd, Pilani Invest, C.E. Info Systems, Nelcast and JSW Holdings hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while HAL, Sahaj Fashions, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, Nuvama Wealth Manage and FutureLifestyleFash hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
