Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.62%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a positive note on Friday.

Shares of Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 2.32 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 2.04 per cent), Granules India(up 1.72 per cent), Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals(up 1.26 per cent) and Abbott India(up 1.24 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Natco Pharma(down 1.44 per cent), Lupin(down 0.52 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(down 0.41 per cent), Sanofi India(down 0.15 per cent) and Divis Laboratories(down 0.04 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.


The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.62 per cent up at 13241.95.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 137.9 points at 18826.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 466.95 points at 63384.58.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 ended in the green, while 11 closed in the red.

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

Shares of IKIO Lighting Ltd., Ambica Agarbathi, Kalyan Jewellers Ind, Mazagon Dock Ship and Lokesh Machines hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while A G Universal, Kore Digital, Rachana Infrastructu, Auro Impex & Chemic and M K Proteins hit their fresh 52-week lows.