Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.49% in an upbeat market
Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.53 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 1.49 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.21 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.94 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 0.86 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 0.7 per cent), Pfizer Ltd.(down 0.63 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(down 0.59 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.27 per cent) and Cipla Ltd.(down 0.19 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.49 per cent at 16308.5 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 41.3 points at 20896.4, while the BSE Sensex was up 135.25 points at 69431.39.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.
Shares of Reliance Power, JP Power, YES Bank, TV18 Broadcast and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Spencer's Retail, DIC India Ltd, Angel One, HLV Ltd. and Aakash Exploration hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Flair Writing Indust, Raj Rayon, SEL Manufact, Winsome Yarns and Gandhar Oil Refinery hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
