Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.58% in an upbeat market

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

Aurobindo Pharma(up 3.65 per cent), Laurus(up 3.27 per cent), Biocon(up 3.04 per cent), Divis Laboratories(up 2.92 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 2.58 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 1.86 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 0.12 per cent) and Sanofi India(down 0.05 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.58 per cent at 12432.4 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 118.7 points at 17780.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 415.58 points at 59965.48.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 10 were in the red.

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

Shares of Manaksia Ltd, Apar Industries, Data Patterns(India)Ltd., Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd. and Servotech Power Syst hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd., Godha Cabcon & Insul, Sintex Inds., Music Broadcast and Kamdhenu Ventures Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.