Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.23% in a weak market
Natco Pharma(up 1.44 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.72 per cent), Cipla(up 0.69 per cent), Pfizer(up 0.65 per cent) and Biocon(up 0.59 per cent) were among the top gainers. Alkem Laboratories(down 1.23 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 1.23 per cent), Lupin(down 1.2 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 1.06 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.84 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.23 per cent at 15323.25 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 90.0 points at 19275.25, while the BSE Sensex was down 289.51 points at 64861.51.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 11 were trading in the green, while 39 were in the red. Shares of Indian Railway Fin, Alok Industries, IOB, Manappuram Finance and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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