Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.42% in an upbeat market
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 5.67 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 3.57 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.95 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.84 per cent) and Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 1.78 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.24 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 1.42 per cent at 15235.9 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 75.25 points at 19598.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 221.24 points at 65729.56.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power, IOB and IFCI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Zodiac Clothing, Rishabh Instruments, Eris Lifesciences, Aurobindo Pharma and Antony Waste Handlin hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Navin Fluorine, CMM Infraprojects, FutureLifestyleFash, Delta Corp and Shree Ram Proteins hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
