Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.67%
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.67 per cent up at 14834.45.

Shares of Lupin Ltd.(up 3.21 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.86 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 1.49 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 1.39 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 1.25 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 2.81 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.17 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.07 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 0.37 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.35 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.67 per cent up at 14834.45.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 144.1 points at 19133.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 489.57 points at 64080.9.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 ended in the green, while 9 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, JP Power, Reliance Power, YES Bank and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of PTC Financial, JP Associates, Maheshwari Logistics, Mittal Life Style and Cupid Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Cantabil Retail, Godha Cabcon & Insul, Orient Bell, Winsome Yarns and InfoBeans Tech hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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