Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index flat 0.0% in an upbeat market
ADVERTISEMENT Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.95 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 0.94 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(up 0.83 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(up 0.77 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.43 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.42 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.03 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent) and Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 0.53 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was flat 0.0 per cent at 21803.85 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 180.8 points at 25425.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 586.47 points at 83341.98. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Alok Industries, Suzlon Energy and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Ishan Dyes Chem, Prabha Energy, Indosolar Ltd, Sumeet Ind and Gabriel India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sadhana Nitro, Globale Tessile, Twentyfirst Cent, Osia Hyper Retail and Uma Exports hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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