Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.53% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:19AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Laurus(up 1.71 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(up 1.54 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 1.32 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 1.3 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals(up 0.86 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Granules India(down 0.81 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.53 per cent at 12781.0 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 12.6 points at 16291.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 44.75 points at 54565.9.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, SAIL and ONGC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Safari Ind, Aether Industries Ltd., Titagarh Wagons, International Constructions Ltd. and Spacenet Enterprise hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Proppant & Gr, NGL Fine Chem, Radha Madhav, Karda Const and Aakash Exploration hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.