Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.33%

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Shares of Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.79 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 2.48 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 1.36 per cent) and Lupin Ltd.(up 1.12 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Biocon Ltd.(down 1.81 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(down 1.79 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.66 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(down 1.6 per cent) and Cipla Ltd.(down 1.34 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.33 per cent up at 21674.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 1.25 points at 24836.1, while the BSE Sensex stood up 23.12 points at 81355.84.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 ended in the green, while 25 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, PNB, Bandhan Bank and IRFC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Ester Ind, Robust Hotels, Technocraft Ind, Voltamp Trans and Vishnu Prakash R Punglia hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Brightcom Group, Bohra Industries, Spandana Sphoorty, Compuage Infocom and Focus Lighting hit their fresh 52-week lows.