Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.63%
Shares of Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 3.98 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 2.77 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 2.57 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.09 per cent) and Sanofi India Ltd.(up 1.65 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Granules India Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.53 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.38 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 0.24 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(down 0.19 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.63 per cent up at 16069.8.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 28.45 points at 19811.85, while the BSE Sensex stood up 92.47 points at 66023.24.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Reliance Power, JP Power and SJVN were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of CG Power & Ind., Compucom Soft, Shanthi Gears, Tube Investments and Coral India Finance hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bohra Industries, Rajesh Exports, Ester Ind, ASK Automotive and Mangalam Drugs hit their fresh 52-week lows.
