Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.36% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:19AM(IST)on Wednesday in a weak market.

Aurobindo Pharma(up 2.81 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 1.52 per cent), Granules India(up 1.37 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.07 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare(up 1.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 1.84 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 1.22 per cent), Divis Laboratories(down 1.2 per cent), Pfizer(down 0.7 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories(down 0.63 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.36 per cent at 13928.15 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 89.2 points at 17955.05, while the BSE Sensex was down 299.94 points at 60133.51.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 were trading in the green, while 33 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BHEL, SAIL, Tata Power and FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd., Lakshmi Finance, Williamson Magor, 3i Infotech and TCPL Packaging hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Patel Integrat(PP), Vikas WSP, CarTrade Tech Ltd. and AstraZeneca hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.