Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.19% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:36AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Biocon Ltd.(up 2.12 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.69 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.33 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.83 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.61 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.83 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 0.67 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.51 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.41 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(down 0.29 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.19 per cent at 21867.65 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 35.71 points at 25138.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 63.84 points at 82509.05.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 16 were in the red.

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

Shares of Laxmi Goldorna House, Hybrid Financial Services, Creative Eye, Reliance Power and ITD Cementation hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while BSL Ltd, Shree Ram Proteins, Digjam, Lasa Supergenerics and Lakshmi Precis hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.