Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.32%
Shares of Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 5.28 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 4.97 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 3.29 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.21 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 2.12 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Lupin Ltd.(down 0.8 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.72 per cent), Pfizer Ltd.(down 0.71 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.68 per cent) and Laurus Labs Ltd.(down 0.65 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.32 per cent up at 15271.75.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 5.05 points at 19406.7, while the BSE Sensex stood down 16.29 points at 64942.4.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.
Shares of JP Power, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Lagnam Spintex, Nitco, Texmaco Infra, FCS Software and Creative Peripherals hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Perfect Infraenginee(PP), Godha Cabcon & Insul, Atam Valves, Winsome Yarns and Compuage Infocom hit their fresh 52-week lows.
