Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.0%
Shares of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 5.01 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 4.85 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 4.78 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 2.52 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 1.84 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Sanofi India Ltd.(down 1.83 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 0.69 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 0.43 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.22 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.0 per cent up at 17520.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 202.91 points at 22097.45, while the BSE Sensex stood up 759.49 points at 73327.94.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 ended in the green, while 18 closed in the red.
Shares of Indian Railway Fin, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Infibeam Avenues and Indian Renewable were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Dredging Corp, Tera Software, Tourism Finance, Dhanlaxmi Bank and SBC Exports hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while M K Proteins, Digidrive Distributo, SKS Textiles, Raj Rayon and Happy Forgings hit their fresh 52-week lows.
