Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.48%
Shares of Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 5.09 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 4.71 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 4.67 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 3.76 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 3.53 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 1.69 per cent) and Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 0.12 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.48 per cent up at 15497.25.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 36.8 points at 19443.5, while the BSE Sensex stood up 33.21 points at 64975.61.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 ended in the green, while 17 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, JP Power, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power and Easy Trip Planners were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of HB Stockholding, North Eastern, Alpa Labs, Dhunseri Petrochem and Concord Biotech Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Fourth Dimension Sol, Winsome Yarns, Compuage Infocom, Sheetal Cool and Atam Valves hit their fresh 52-week lows.
