Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 1.55%
Shares of Granules India Ltd.(up 4.2 per cent), Pfizer Ltd.(up 0.67 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.3 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 3.25 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 3.0 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.77 per cent), Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.67 per cent) and Lupin Ltd.(down 2.64 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.55 per cent down at 15069.1.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 68.1 points at 19674.25, while the BSE Sensex stood down 221.09 points at 66009.15.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, IOB, JP Power, SJVN and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of PNB Gilts, Nelcast, Sonu Infratech, HUDCO and IFCI hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Yasons Chemex Care, Jiwanram Sheoduttrai, Jalan Transolutions, FutureLifestyleFash and Dangee Dums hit their fresh 52-week lows.
