Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.8%
Shares of Pfizer Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 3.15 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 2.94 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.24 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.91 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(down 1.68 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.8 per cent down at 16163.15.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 68.25 points at 20969.4, while the BSE Sensex stood up 303.91 points at 69825.6.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 ended in the green, while 27 closed in the red.
Shares of GMR Infra, Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea, Indian Renewable and Alok Industries were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Aakash Exploration, Bhartiya Intnl, FCS Software, Spencer's Retail and Orchid Pharma hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while ASK Automotive, Blue Jet Healthcare, Raj Rayon, Winsome Yarns and Flair Writing Indust hit their fresh 52-week lows.
