Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.72% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 11:16AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Divis Laboratories(up 3.15 per cent), Laurus(up 3.14 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 1.4 per cent), Granules India(up 1.29 per cent) and Lupin(up 1.18 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 2.23 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(down 1.4 per cent) and Cipla(down 0.24 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.72 per cent at 12770.15 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 34.4 points at 18568.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 99.61 points at 62721.85.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

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

Shares of Hardwyn India, Centum Elec, Beardsell Ltd, Nucleus Soft and Indo Count Ind hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Praxis Home Retail, Goenka Diamond, Bombay Metrics Suppl, Gayatri Project and Future Supply Chain hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.