Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.97% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 11:00AM(IST)on Friday in an upbeat market.

Lupin(up 3.4 per cent), Granules India(up 2.43 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 2.09 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(up 1.84 per cent) and Biocon(up 1.76 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Natco Pharma(down 0.81 per cent) and Pfizer(down 0.15 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.97 per cent at 13109.4 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 283.55 points at 18311.75, while the BSE Sensex was up 1002.21 points at 61615.91.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 45 were trading in the green, while 5 were in the red.

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

Shares of DCX Systems Ltd., RPG Life Sci, QMS Medical Allied Services Ltd., Sikko Industries and Varanium Cloud Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sigma Solve, Williamson Magor, Supriya Lifescience Ltd., CLC Industries and Inspirisys Solutions hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.