Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 1.02%

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

Shares of Strides Pharma Science(up 3.24 per cent), Natco Pharma(up 0.41 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(up 0.33 per cent) and Pfizer(up 0.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Laurus(down 2.73 per cent), Abbott India(down 2.35 per cent), Granules India(down 2.34 per cent), Biocon(down 2.06 per cent) and Gland Pharma(down 1.85 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.02 per cent down at 13422.15.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 64.45 points at 18117.15, while the BSE Sensex stood up 113.95 points at 60950.36.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 ended in the green, while 23 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Steel, Rail Vikas Nigam and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Karnataka Bank, NDR Auto Components, Silly Monks Entertai, Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd. and DC Infotech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Coastal Corp(PP), Rama Phosphates, Dhanuka Realty, SREI Infra Fin and Rel Capital hit their fresh 52-week lows.