Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.36% in a weak market
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:04AM(IST)on Friday in a weak market.
ADVERTISEMENT Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.27 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 0.23 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 0.08 per cent) and Cipla Ltd.(up 0.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 1.98 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 1.32 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.26 per cent) and Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.18 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.36 per cent at 21955.85 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 268.61 points at 24619.6, while the BSE Sensex was down 877.78 points at 80814.2. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 3 were trading in the green, while 47 were in the red.
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Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, RattanIndia Power, Suzlon Energy and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Scoda Tubes, Synergy Green Ind, GRM Overseas, Krishana Phoschem and Ishan Dyes Chem hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Shree Ram Proteins, Bluspring Enterprises Ltd., Schloss Bangalore, Digitide Solutions Ltd. and Keerti Knowledge hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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