Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.48%
Shares of Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.48 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.22 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 0.85 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 0.77 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.65 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 2.1 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 1.88 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.56 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.46 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.48 per cent down at 15963.5.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 90.7 points at 20906.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 377.5 points at 69551.03.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, JP Power and Infibeam Avenues were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Surana Solar, Energy Deve Co, Inox Green Energy Se, Williamson Magor and Urja Global hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vaxtex Cotfab, Blue Jet Healthcare, Bohra Industries, Raj Rayon and Winsome Yarns hit their fresh 52-week lows.
