Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.45% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:40AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Biocon(up 1.57 per cent), Natco Pharma(up 1.0 per cent), Lupin(up 0.81 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.72 per cent) and Granules India(up 0.6 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Aurobindo Pharma(down 3.91 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 1.49 per cent), Divis Laboratories(down 0.87 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 0.84 per cent) and Sanofi India(down 0.6 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.45 per cent at 12544.65 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 123.1 points at 18622.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 471.59 points at 62973.28.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank and Ibull Housing Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Centum Elec, Nucleus Soft, Ahluwalia Contr, Mazda Ltd and Hercules Hoists hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sanwaria Consumer, Gammon Infra, Pritish Nandy, BKM Industries and Goenka Diamond hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.