Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.2% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded negative around 10:14AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Dr Reddys Laboratories(up 1.3 per cent), Cipla(up 0.62 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(up 0.33 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 0.17 per cent) and Lupin(up 0.13 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Alkem Laboratories(down 2.41 per cent), Natco Pharma(down 1.79 per cent), Laurus(down 0.98 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.79 per cent) and Biocon(down 0.73 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.2 per cent at 12610.65 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 57.5 points at 18326.5, while the BSE Sensex was up 209.13 points at 61546.94.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 44 were in the red.

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

Shares of , , , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Inox Green Energy Services Ltd., , Sintex Inds., and ICDS Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.