02 Apr Indices: Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.87%
Shares of Lupin Ltd.(up 2.78 per cent), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.1 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 2.09 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.81 per cent) and Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.7 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Abbott India Ltd.(down 2.57 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.48 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 1.19 per cent) and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.87 per cent up at 20952.85.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 166.65 points at 23332.35, while the BSE Sensex stood up 592.93 points at 76617.44.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Central Bank, IDFC First Bank and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of NACL Industries, Vadilal Ind, JSW Holdings, Cura Tech and Gallantt Metal hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Punjab Sind Bank, Central Bank, Arshiya, AGS Transact Tech and Gensol Engg hit their fresh 52-week lows.