Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.09% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:35AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 1.28 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 0.86 per cent), Laurus(up 0.67 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 0.47 per cent) and Biocon(up 0.46 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Granules India(down 0.93 per cent), Pfizer(down 0.85 per cent), Sanofi India(down 0.44 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.43 per cent) and Cipla(down 0.38 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.09 per cent at 12623.45 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 50.95 points at 18241.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 171.46 points at 61305.34.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Suzlon Energy, IOB, PNB and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Avro India, Tainwala Chem, Pritika Engineering Components Ltd., Baheti Recycling Industries Ltd. and Gujarat Pipavav hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Elin Electronics Ltd., Sintex Inds., Godha Cabcon & Insul, Zim Laboratories and Goenka Diamond hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.