Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.75% in an upbeat market

Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 0.49 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.14 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.75 per cent at 18543.35 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 90.71 points at 22237.7, while the BSE Sensex was up 253.64 points at 73341.97.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Indian Renewable, Hind Copper and NALCO were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of TPL Plastech, Premier Exp, Hindustan Motor, Automotive Stamp and Venus Pipes & Tubes hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while CMI Ltd, Gayatri Project, Visagar Polytex, GI Engineering and Sumeet Ind hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.