Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.37%

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

Shares of Abbott India(up 0.74 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 0.71 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 0.66 per cent), Divis Laboratories(up 0.59 per cent) and Biocon(up 0.55 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 1.81 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 1.53 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(down 1.16 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 0.86 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences(down 0.68 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.37 per cent down at 12419.2.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 276.3 points at 16201.8, while the BSE Sensex stood down 1016.84 points at 54303.44.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 16 ended in the green, while 34 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Marathon Nextgen, Tree House Edu, Dynacons Sys, KPI Global Infra and Bombay Metrics Supply Chain Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Kriti Ind, SoftTech Engineers, Tembo Global Indust, Indo Nat Ltd and Kaya hit their fresh 52-week lows.