Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.3%

On the other hand, Granules India Ltd.(down 2.97 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.53 per cent), Pfizer Ltd.(down 0.94 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(down 0.89 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 0.59 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.3 per cent up at 19218.85.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 152.6 points at 22666.3, while the BSE Sensex stood up 494.28 points at 74742.5.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 ended in the green, while 13 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IRB Infra Dev., IDFC First Bank and Exide Inds. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Arvee Laboratories, Abans Holdings, Sundaram Finance, Archidply Ind and Ind Swift Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Penta Gold, Gopal Snacks, Bata India, Dabur India and GIR Natureview hit their fresh 52-week lows.