Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index advances 0.02%

On the other hand, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 3.22 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.56 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(down 1.52 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.22 per cent) and Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.01 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.02 per cent up at 18850.85.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended 0.0 points at 22302.5, while the BSE Sensex stood down 45.46 points at 73466.39.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 ended in the green, while 24 closed in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NHPC, PNB and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of Transwarr Fin, Bharat Forge, IRIS Business Servic, Pudumjee Paper Prod and CarTrade Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while PayTM, Gloster, Filatex Fash, GSS Infotech and Berger Paints hit their fresh 52-week lows.