Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.02%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a negative note on Friday.

Shares of Divis Laboratories(up 1.75 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.44 per cent) and Cipla(up 0.58 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Lupin(down 2.25 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(down 2.19 per cent), Laurus(down 2.1 per cent), Biocon(down 1.97 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences(down 1.78 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.02 per cent down at 12610.65.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 302.45 points at 17327.35, while the BSE Sensex stood down 1020.8 points at 58098.92.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 ended in the green, while 45 closed in the red.

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

Shares of SriHavishaHosp, Fourth Dimension Sol, Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd., Sundaram Finance and Butterfly Gandhi hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bodhi Tree Multimed, Jay Jalaram Technologies Ltd., Ameya Precision Engineers Ltd., Sabar Flex India Ltd. and FutureLifestyleFash hit their fresh 52-week lows.