Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.48% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:41AM (IST) on Wednesday in an upbeat market.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.31 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.18 per cent), Biocon (up 1.02 per cent), Cipla (up 0.56 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 0.53 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Dr Reddys Laboratories (down 0.07 per cent) and Divis Laboratories (down 0.07 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.48 per cent at 14528.95 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 1.15 points at 15813.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 5.91 points at 52775.64.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.

Shares of NMDC, Suzlon Energy, Vodafone Idea, Ibull Housing Fin and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of SVP Global, Shyam Century Ferro, Alicon Castalloy, Ganges Securities and Steel Strips hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.