Stock market update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.95%

On the other hand, Biocon Ltd.(down 5.9 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 3.57 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(down 2.68 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 2.23 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.16 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.

The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.95 per cent down at 18718.45.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 123.31 points at 22023.35, while the BSE Sensex stood down 453.85 points at 72643.43.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 ended in the green, while 36 closed in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, NHPC, Suzlon Energy and Indian Railway Fin were among the most traded shares on the NSE.

Shares of R K Swamy, Solar Ind., Wealth First Port, Somi Conveyor and Gopal Snacks hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Davangere Sugar, Omkar Speciality, Bohra Industries, Hindustan Zinc and Bannari Amman hit their fresh 52-week lows.