Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.03%

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

Shares of Zydus Lifesciences(up 3.0 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 1.91 per cent), Divis Laboratories(up 1.22 per cent), Lupin(up 1.2 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 1.01 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

On the other hand, Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 1.05 per cent), Abbott India(down 0.93 per cent), Cipla(down 0.8 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 0.77 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.49 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.03 per cent down at 12766.6.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 187.05 points at 17914.15, while the BSE Sensex stood down 631.83 points at 60115.48.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 ended in the green, while 35 closed in the red.

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

Shares of Sky Gold, Schneider, , and hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while ., , MT Educare, and hit their fresh 52-week lows.