Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 1.8% in a weak market
Granules India Ltd.(up 0.15 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.06 per cent) and Pfizer Ltd.(up 0.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 5.38 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 2.99 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 2.71 per cent), Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.4 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.3 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 1.8 per cent at 15030.45 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 47.0 points at 19695.35, while the BSE Sensex was down 127.19 points at 66103.05.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 were trading in the green, while 34 were in the red.
Shares of IOB, JP Power, YES Bank, Union Bank India and SJVN were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Sonu Infratech, PNB Gilts, IFCI, Gujarat Ambuja and Religare hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, Jalan Transolutions, FutureLifestyleFash, Pramara Promotions and North Eastern(PP)hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
