Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.4%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a negative note on Friday.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.13 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 0.09 per cent) and Divis Laboratories(up 0.07 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Biocon(down 2.87 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(down 2.41 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(down 2.13 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 2.02 per cent) and Alembic Pharmaceuticals(down 0.86 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.4 per cent down at 13134.7.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 17.15 points at 17314.65, while the BSE Sensex stood down 30.81 points at 58191.29.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 ended in the green, while 29 closed in the red.

Shares of Zomato Ltd., Vodafone Idea, JP Power, Suzlon Energy and Shree Ren Sug were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Max Ventures Ind, Sabar Flex India Ltd., HBL Power, Universal Cable and Indian Terrain hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Sigma Solve, Viviana Power Tech Ltd., Tips Films Ltd., Kandarp Digi Smart BPO Ltd. and Debock Sales & Mktg hit their fresh 52-week lows.