Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.2%
Shares of Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 9.15 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(up 1.73 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.52 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.08 per cent) and Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 0.83 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 5.74 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.92 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 1.45 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.38 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(down 1.08 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.2 per cent down at 15095.9.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 93.65 points at 19253.8, while the BSE Sensex stood down 255.84 points at 64831.41.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 13 ended in the green, while 37 closed in the red.
Shares of IDFC First Bank, Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Ashok Leyland and Alok Industries were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Aeroflex Industries, Manugraph India, HLV Ltd., Hercules Hoists and North Eastern(PP)hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while TCNS Clothing, Allcargo Terminals, Penta Gold, Vedanta and SS Infrastructure hit their fresh 52-week lows.
