Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.29% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:09AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Aurobindo Pharma(up 1.41 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.04 per cent), Granules India(up 0.99 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 0.79 per cent) and Lupin(up 0.65 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Zydus Lifesciences(down 1.86 per cent), Laurus(down 1.77 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 0.35 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 0.17 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.13 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.29 per cent at 12768.85 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 120.15 points at 16169.35, while the BSE Sensex was up 448.97 points at 54209.75.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BEL, YES Bank, Zomato Ltd. and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Dynemic Product(PP), BEL, Orient Bell, International Constructions Ltd. and PC Jeweller hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while JIK Industries, Vikas Proppant & Gr, Suumaya Lifestyle, Karda Const and Bombay Rayon hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.