Index: Stock Market Update: Nifty Pharma index falls 0.44% in upbeat market.

New Delhi: Nifty Pharma index recorded negative trading in a bullish market around 10:19 am (IST) on Tuesday.

Mankind Pharma Ltd. (up 2.92%), Natco Pharma Ltd. (up 1.32%), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. (up 0.91%), Biocon Ltd. (up 0.75%) and Abbott India Ltd. (up 0.45%). It showed the highest increase.

Cipla Ltd. (down -2.14%), Lupine Ltd. (down 2.02%), Alkem Laboratories Ltd. (down 1.71%), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (down 1.27%) and Granules India Ltd. (down 1.23% cent) Silver was the biggest decliner in the index.

Nifty Pharma index was down 0.44% at 18855.4 at the time of writing this report.

The benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was trading 19.25 points higher at 22123.3 and the BSE Sensex was trading 30.16 points higher at 72806.29. Of the 50 stocks included in the Nifty index, 28 were trading in the green and 22 in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Zomato, NHPC and IFCI were among the most traded stocks on the NSE.

Shares of MRO-TEK Realty, HG Infra Engg, Kapston Facility, Aarti Pharmalabs and Cords Cable Ind hit 52-week highs in today’s trading, while shares of Medico Remedies, BLS E-Services, Eurotex Ind, Techindia Nirman and Shanti Overseas (Ind 52-week high) It hit a new low.