Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.71% in an upbeat market
Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 3.72 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 1.87 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 1.3 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.05 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.43 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.71 per cent at 19368.5 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 169.25 points at 22990.65, while the BSE Sensex was up 493.39 points at 75567.9.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, RattanIndia Power, IRB Infra Dev. and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Cords Cable Ind, HPL Electric Power, Zenith Exports, PG Electroplast and AdityaBirlaMoney hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Future Supply Chain, Future Enterprises (DVR), Neueon Towers, Keerti Knowledge and Shyam Telecom hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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