Indices: Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 1.11%
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a negative note on Tuesday.Shares of Biocon Ltd.(up 1.66 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.6 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.On the other hand, J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 4.18 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 3.33 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 3.04 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 2.95 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 2.57 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.11 per cent down at 21534.35.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 81.56 points at 24379.6, while the BSE Sensex stood down 155.77 points at 80641.07.Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 31 closed in the red.Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Bank of Baroda and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.Shares of Chambal Fertilisers, Reliance Naval & Engg, Ceat, Cura Tech and Bharti Airtel hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Century Enka, Vineet Laboratories, Hilton Metal, Vedant Fashions and Poddar Pigments hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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