Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.49%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a positive note on Thursday.

Shares of Zydus Lifesciences(up 4.7 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 3.5 per cent), Lupin(up 3.05 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 2.5 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma(up 1.98 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Natco Pharma(down 4.93 per cent), Abbott India(down 3.5 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(down 0.69 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 0.47 per cent) and Alembic Pharmaceuticals(down 0.43 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.49 per cent up at 13014.2.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 124.25 points at 17659.0, while the BSE Sensex stood up 515.31 points at 59332.6.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Wonderla Holidays, Safari Ind, Navkar Corp, Sree Rayalaseema and Cantabil Retail hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Future Consumer, Agni Green Power Ltd., NGL Fine Chem, Future Retail and Birla Tyres hit their fresh 52-week lows.