Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 1.36% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:04AM(IST)on Wednesday in a weak market.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.21 per cent) were among the top gainers.

J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 5.05 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 4.46 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(down 3.9 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(down 3.34 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 3.08 per cent) were the top losers on the index.


The Nifty Pharma index was down 1.36 per cent at 20959.55 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 252.1 points at 22819.7, while the BSE Sensex was down 839.64 points at 75453.96.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 4 were trading in the green, while 46 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zomato, YES Bank, SAIL and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Norben Tea Exp, Aarvee Denims and Mahamaya Steel hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Generic Engg, Gensol Engg, Lancor Holdings, Alphageo and Seamec Ltd hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.