Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.4% in an upbeat market

Abbott India Ltd.(down 1.99 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.79 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 1.7 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 1.2 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent) were the top losers on the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.4 per cent at 18568.15 at the time of writing this report.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 44.75 points at 22381.15, while the BSE Sensex was up 177.17 points at 73825.79.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Easy Trip Planners, Tata Tele and Jio Financial Servic were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Tejas Networks, Smartlink Holdings, Celebrity Fash, Cochin Shipyard and Sudarshan Chemical hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Atal Realtech, Tembo Global Indust, MEP Infrastructure, Keerti Knowledge and GIR Natureview hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.