Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.28% in a weak market
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:26AM(IST)on Monday in a weak market.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.17 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.04 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(up 0.96 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.54 per cent) and Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 0.18 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Abbott India Ltd.(down 1.68 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 1.1 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.93 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 0.89 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 0.69 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.28 per cent at 21551.7 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 221.96 points at 24890.45, while the BSE Sensex was down 731.74 points at 81676.43.
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Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Ola Electric Mobilit, RattanIndia Power, YES Bank and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Madhya Bharat Agro, Apollo Micro Systems, Prostarm Info System, Quality Power Electr and SRM Contractors hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Omkar Speciality, Lasa Supergenerics, Navkar Builders, Sadhana Nitro and Setubandhan Infra hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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