Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.06% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:19AM(IST)on Thursday in an upbeat market.

Divis Laboratories(up 2.9 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(up 1.85 per cent), Lupin(up 1.65 per cent), Laurus(up 1.62 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 1.3 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals(down 0.63 per cent), Granules India(down 0.49 per cent) and Sanofi India(down 0.22 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was up 1.06 per cent at 13114.6 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 19.75 points at 18775.65, while the BSE Sensex was up 29.87 points at 63258.38.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

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

Shares of GKW Ltd, Essar Shipping, Chembond Chem, Uma Exports and FACT hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Rachana Infrastructu, Kore Digital, GHCL Textiles, Sintex Plastics Tech and Infollion Research hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.