Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.21%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a positive note on Thursday. Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 3.

45 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 3.38 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.



(up 2.45 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(up 2.

27 per cent) and Cipla Ltd.(up 1.26 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.99 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

(down 1.07 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.

33 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.09 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.

(down 0.07 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day. The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.

21 per cent up at 21126.75. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 414.

46 points at 23851.65, while the BSE Sensex stood up 1508.91 points at 78553.

2. Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 ended in the green, while 6 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, IDFC First Bank, YES Bank, Eternal and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Oswal Agro Mill, ICE Make Refrigeration, Binani Ind, Gujarat Themis and Shree Vasu Logistics hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Multicorp, Kesoram Inds., Gensol Engg, Karda Const and Lakshmi Precis hit their fresh 52-week lows..