Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.13% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 11:16AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

Gland Pharma(up 1.57 per cent), Divis Laboratories(up 1.33 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(up 1.08 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 0.44 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals(up 0.43 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Natco Pharma(down 1.63 per cent), Laurus(down 1.13 per cent), Granules India(down 0.97 per cent), Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals(down 0.92 per cent) and Pfizer(down 0.85 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.13 per cent at 12951.35 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 47.2 points at 18546.65, while the BSE Sensex was down 183.22 points at 62604.25.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Zomato, YES Bank and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Maan Aluminium, ADF Foods, Shakti Pumps, Munjal Showa and Avalon Technologies hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bombay Metrics Suppl, Quicktouch Technolog, Advitiya Trade India, Sintex Plastics Tech and D P Abhushan hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.