Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.46% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:35AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Biocon(up 2.63 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(up 2.24 per cent), Divis Laboratories(up 1.49 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 1.33 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma(up 1.25 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals(down 3.3 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 2.72 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(down 1.04 per cent), Natco Pharma(down 0.44 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories(down 0.31 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.46 per cent at 14007.65 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 70.15 points at 18195.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 160.11 points at 61127.16.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 40 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, Bank of Baroda, Tata Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Mahickra Chemicals, Arihant Found, Home First Finance Company India Ltd., TCI Express and Ushanti Colour Chem hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while D K Enterprises Global Ltd., SREI Infra Fin, Suvidhaa Infoserve Ltd., Inventure Grwth and JMT Auto hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.