Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.11% in a weak market
Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 3.09 per cent), Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.21 per cent), Pfizer Ltd.(up 0.37 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.28 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.15 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.56 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 0.48 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.47 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.11 per cent at 15000.5 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 3.3 points at 19677.85, while the BSE Sensex was down 24.02 points at 65999.67.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, IOB, IFCI, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Winsome Yarns, Kennametal India, Airan Ltd., Selan Expl Tech and IFCI hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Yudiz Solutions, Essen Speciality Fil, Sungarner Energies, Pramara Promotions and Chavda Infra hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
