Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 1.05% in a weak market
ADVERTISEMENT Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.82 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(up 0.03 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Cipla Ltd.(down 1.73 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 1.65 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 1.54 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.35 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 1.33 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 1.05 per cent at 21975.45 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 87.35 points at 25388.75, while the BSE Sensex was down 264.51 points at 83271.57. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 were trading in the green, while 35 were in the red.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of JP Power, RattanIndia Power, Vodafone Idea, PC Jeweller and Sagility India were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Innovana Thinklabs, Crizac Ltd., Gallantt Metal, Sumeet Ind and TN Telecom hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Mahalaxmi Fabric Mil, Sadhana Nitro, TECIL Chemicals, Picturepost Studios and Ola Electric Mobilit hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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