Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index 0.25% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded around 11:15AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.

J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.23 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.96 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.72 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 1.54 per cent) and Cipla Ltd.(up 0.9 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.31 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 1.19 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.5 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.36 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was 0.25 per cent at 21795.10 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 182.15 points at 23532.05, while the BSE Sensex was 576.36 points at 77732.15.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, SJVN and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Ratnaveer Precision, Supriya Lifescience, Aaron Industries, Banco Products and Jagsonpal Pharm hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Astron Paper & Board, Eurotex Ind, Honasa Consumer, Adani Transmission and Revathi Equipment In hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.