Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.51%

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Shares of Cipla Ltd.(up 2.73 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.23 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.97 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 1.42 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 1.32 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 3.77 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.94 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 1.42 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.27 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.94 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.51 per cent up at 19205.2.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 27.05 points at 22529.05, while the BSE Sensex stood down 52.63 points at 73953.31.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 ended in the green, while 24 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, NHPC, Indian Railway Fin and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Bharat Bijlee, GRP Ltd, Hindustan Zinc, Rolex Rings and Rail Vikas Nigam hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Revathi Equip, Megastar Foods, Tasty Bite Eatable, Morarjee Text and Sintex Plastics Tech hit their fresh 52-week lows.