Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 1.26% in a weak market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 10:04AM(IST)on Wednesday in a weak market.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals(up 3.84 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 3.01 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 2.85 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 2.21 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 2.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Abbott India(down 0.34 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(down 0.27 per cent) and Granules India(down 0.21 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 1.26 per cent at 13662.6 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 19.4 points at 18126.0, while the BSE Sensex was down 76.41 points at 61044.94.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.

Shares of PNB, Zomato Ltd., YES Bank, and LIC Housing were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , , ., Varanium Cloud Ltd. and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Vikas Proppant & Gr, , , and Rel Capital hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.