Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.69% in a weak market
Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.36 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 0.22 per cent) and Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 0.01 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.76 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(down 1.71 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(down 1.61 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 1.17 per cent) and Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.91 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.69 per cent at 15226.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 110.55 points at 19560.55, while the BSE Sensex was down 381.37 points at 65495.65.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 6 were trading in the green, while 44 were in the red.
Shares of JP Power, NBCC, Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea and IRB Infra Dev. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
