Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.19% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:09AM(IST)on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals(up 0.95 per cent), Laurus(up 0.56 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.22 per cent) and Divis Laboratories(up 0.01 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Alkem Laboratories(down 1.9 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(down 1.17 per cent), Biocon(down 0.99 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 0.79 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.73 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.19 per cent at 12802.2 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 23.6 points at 17007.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 94.87 points at 57242.19.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

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

Shares of Hindcon Chemicals, Zenith Exports, Omax Autos, Liberty Shoes and Bombay Metrics Supply Chain Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Akshar Spintex, Kandarp Digi Smart BPO Ltd., Tips Films Ltd., BKM Industries and JFL Life Sciences Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.