Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.67%
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 2.77 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(up 2.47 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.28 per cent) and Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.25 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 4.47 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 3.23 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.21 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.02 per cent) and Lupin Ltd.(down 1.84 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.67 per cent down at 21627.45. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 12.5 points at 24346.7, while the BSE Sensex stood up 259.75 points at 80501.99. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 ended in the green, while 33 closed in the red.
ADVERTISEMENT Shares of Vodafone Idea, Eternal, Vishal Mega Mart, Sonata Software and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Force Motors, Reliance Naval & Engg, Privi Speciality Chemicals, Godfrey Philips and Cura Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Keerti Knowledge, Bodhi Tree Multimedia, GI Engineering, AGS Transact Tech and Gensol Engg hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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