Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.02%

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

Shares of Divis Laboratories(up 1.4 per cent), Biocon(up 0.7 per cent), Cipla(up 0.62 per cent), Abbott India(up 0.54 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals(up 0.28 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Gland Pharma(down 2.92 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(down 2.51 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(down 1.52 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(down 1.18 per cent) and Pfizer(down 0.94 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.02 per cent down at 12668.8.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 98.4 points at 17956.6, while the BSE Sensex stood up 303.15 points at 60261.18.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 ended in the green, while 13 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, PNB, Vodafone Idea, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd. and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Radhika Jeweltech, Uma Converter Ltd., Archean Chemical Industries Ltd., Kandarp Digi Smart BPO Ltd. and Vardhman Special hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Arihant Academy Ltd., Anlon Technology Solutions Ltd., CMM Infraprojects Ltd., Bata India and Avonmore Capital & hit their fresh 52-week lows.