Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.46%
Shares of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.62 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(up 1.46 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.99 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.92 per cent) and Sanofi India Ltd.(up 0.79 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Abbott India Ltd.(down 1.39 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.28 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 1.28 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.04 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.92 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.46 per cent up at 15176.6.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 121.5 points at 19811.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 393.69 points at 66473.05.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 ended in the green, while 11 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, JP Power, Infibeam Avenues, Zomato and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Yash Pakka, AdityaBirlaMoney, Uniinfo Telecom Serv, Mukta Arts and Adhunik Industries hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Ace Integrated Solut, Shree Ram Proteins, Bank of Baroda, Oil India Ltd and UCO Bank hit their fresh 52-week lows.
