Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.56% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:34AM(IST)on Friday in a weak market.

Sanofi India(up 2.27 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 1.63 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.26 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(up 1.12 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories(up 0.88 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Granules India(down 0.7 per cent), Lupin(down 0.4 per cent), Natco Pharma(down 0.15 per cent), Biocon(down 0.13 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma(down 0.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.56 per cent at 12799.4 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 41.65 points at 18567.7, while the BSE Sensex was down 167.58 points at 62403.1.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, PNB, Central Bank, IOB and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Cubex Tubings, YES Bank, Crown Lifters, Adroit Infotech and Vaishali Pharma hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Bedmutha Ind, Baheti Recycling Industries Ltd., DJ Mediaprint & Logi, Surani Steel Tubes and Future Consumer hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.