Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.57%
Shares of Pfizer(up 1.71 per cent), Natco Pharma(up 1.03 per cent), Biocon(up 0.92 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(up 0.47 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories(up 0.31 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack. On the other hand, Gland Pharma(down 3.02 per cent), Lupin(down 2.24 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 1.68 per cent), Laurus(down 1.42 per cent) and Granules India(down 1.26 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.57 per cent down at 15271.5. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 55.1 points at 19310.15, while the BSE Sensex stood down 202.36 points at 64948.66.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 36 closed in the red. Shares of Indian Railway Fin, YES Bank, Alok Industries, Suzlon Energy and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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