Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.46% in an upbeat market

NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index traded positive around 11:21AM(IST)on Monday in an upbeat market.

Pfizer(up 2.7 per cent), Sanofi India(up 2.34 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 1.24 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 1.17 per cent) and Biocon(up 1.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Divis Laboratories(down 1.13 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences(down 0.54 per cent), Granules India(down 0.16 per cent), Abbott India(down 0.12 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma(down 0.05 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.46 per cent at 12960.55 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 102.75 points at 18636.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 381.5 points at 62928.61.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Shares of Suzlon Energy, Zomato, Reliance Power, Trident Ltd and Power Grid were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of The Hi-Tech Gears, Sky Gold, Talbros Auto, Hardwyn India and RPP Infra Proj hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Shekhawati Poly, Quicktouch Technolog, Power & Instrument, Bombay Metrics Suppl and Silly Monks Entertai hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.