Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.76% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:45AM(IST)on Tuesday in a weak market.

Natco Pharma(up 0.85 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 0.43 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 0.03 per cent) and Sanofi India(up 0.02 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Laurus(down 2.91 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 1.66 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 1.46 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 1.31 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 1.14 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.76 per cent at 12549.95 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 185.55 points at 18234.9, while the BSE Sensex was down 613.8 points at 61192.39.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 2 were trading in the green, while 48 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, YES Bank, JP Power, UCO Bank and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Shriram Pistons, SKM Egg Prod, Jay Jalaram Technologies Ltd., Arvee Laboratories and Ascom Leasing & Inve hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Jakharia Fabric, Sanwaria Consumer, Sintex Inds., Laurus Labs and Cerebra Integrat hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.