Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.78%
Shares of Cipla Ltd.(up 3.16 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.4 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.46 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 1.05 per cent) and Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 0.67 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Biocon Ltd.(down 6.37 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.04 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 0.91 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.89 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.78 per cent up at 15331.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 140.4 points at 19671.1, while the BSE Sensex stood down 551.07 points at 65877.02.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 10 ended in the green, while 40 closed in the red.
Shares of IRB Infra Dev., Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, JP Power and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of GKW Ltd, Cinevista Ltd, Signet Ind, IIFL Securities and Sastasundar Ventures hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vaxtex Cotfab, Nakoda Group Of Ind, Xelpmoc Design, Rajesh Exports and TCI Express hit their fresh 52-week lows.
