The US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval to the Indian generic-drug maker Lupin Ltd. for a generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s cholesterol drug Lipitor. Also, reports have said that Lupin has gained 1.83% to Rs.367.15 at 14:26 IST on BSE. At 09:28 hours, the shares were at Rs. 364.80, up Rs. 4.25, or 1.18%.
In addition to this, the BSE Sensex had also fallen 2.70 points, or 0.01% to 18,235.61. In the past one quarter on BSE, an average daily volume of 28,722 shares were traded; whereas, this time, 73,365 shares were traded in the counter.