Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.01% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:19AM(IST)on Tuesday in an upbeat market.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals(up 2.54 per cent), Natco Pharma(up 2.43 per cent), Lupin(up 1.9 per cent), Cipla(up 1.76 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 1.53 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Granules India(down 3.64 per cent) and Alembic Pharmaceuticals(down 0.17 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 1.01 per cent at 12494.6 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 237.7 points at 17859.95, while the BSE Sensex was up 791.79 points at 59933.02.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 49 were trading in the green, while 1 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, , Zomato Ltd., and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , BSL Ltd, Upsurge Seeds of Agriculture Ltd., and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , , , and hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.