Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 2.39% in a weak market
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Cipla Ltd.(up 7.5 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 4.36 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 2.36 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 1.95 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Biocon Ltd.(down 1.3 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.23 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 1.0 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(down 0.72 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.48 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 2.39 per cent at 17645.75 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 14.46 points at 21557.35, while the BSE Sensex was down 45.15 points at 71378.5.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.
Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NHPC and IFCI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Swelect Energy, HLV Ltd., Bharat Road Net, Borosil Renewables and Visaka Ind hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Tatva Chintan Pharm, Stampede Cap(DVR), HDFC Bank, Ugar Sugar Work and Inox India hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
