MoneyMaker Research News - Stocks Tips: Pharma stocks gain

Pharma stocks in Nifty opened on Thursday in a positive note, trading higher by 1.43 percent at 8,738 levels on NSE in the morning hours, with Cadila Healthcare moving the top gainer in the index, by 4.94%.

Divi’s Lab was trading higher by 2.81 percent at Rs 656 per share, also Sun Pharma soared by 2.02% at Rs 478 per share. Lupin was trading up by 1.56%, Aurobindo Pharma higher by 1.25% and Cipla was up by 1.06% among others, while Dr Reddy Laboratoreis’s was the top loser in the index, down by 0.38% at Rs 2,023 per share and Glaxo Smith Kline was trading lower by 0.35% at Rs 2,382 per share.

Meanwhile, the benchmark indices Nifty was trading up by 0.6% at 9,858 levels and Sensex was trading higher by 16 points at 31,583 levels at 10.50 am, today. Indian rupee opened at 64.03 per dollar and was trading at 64.07 per dollar, up 0.07 percent from its last close of 64.11.

Indian Stock Market moving Sluggish

On the first trading session of this week, the Indian Rupee opened at 66.50 with the loss of 3 paise against the Dollar. Although, the Indian Stock Market haven't received any much changes till now but the market is moving in negative zone with minor loss. Currently, Sensex live at 24655.34 with the loss of 18.50 points and Nifty live at 7551.05 with the loss of 4.15 points. In Asian Market, Japan and Singapore Indexes are trading low, whether Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan Indexes are up today. In S&P Bse Sectors, Consumer & Durables sector is on the top with the hike of 252.48 points and 2.24%. BSE Bankex, Bank Nifty, FMCG, IT and Healthcare sectors are trading in negative zone with the loss of 42.22, 52.30, 67.41, 38.09 and 44.87 respectively. In the list of top gainers, Bharti Airtel is at the top with the hike of 3.74% followed by Idea Cellular up 2.52%  and Hindalco up 2.17%. In the list of top losers, Lupin is at the top with the loss of 1.91% followed by Dr. Reddy's Lab down 1.28% and Grasim down 1.20%.