Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.52%

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a negative note on Thursday.

Shares of Natco Pharma(up 0.62 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.19 per cent), Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals(up 0.13 per cent) and Abbott India(up 0.04 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Aurobindo Pharma(down 1.67 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(down 1.15 per cent), Lupin(down 1.04 per cent), Cipla(down 0.98 per cent) and Gland Pharma(down 0.91 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.52 per cent down at 12816.1.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 245.4 points at 18414.9, while the BSE Sensex stood down 878.88 points at 61799.03.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 7 ended in the green, while 43 closed in the red.

Shares of , , UCO Bank, IOB and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of , FACT, , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while , Ishan International Ltd., Supreme Engineering, and Sintex Inds. hit their fresh 52-week lows.