Shares of Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.42 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 1.19 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 0.82 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 3.65 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.87 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 1.46 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.25 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(down 1.22 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.61 per cent down at 21393.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 73.75 points at 24752.45, while the BSE Sensex stood down 239.31 points at 81312.32.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 ended in the green, while 36 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, ITC, IFCI, Belrise Industries and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Apollo Micro Systems, Belrise Industries, GSK Pharma, Force Motors and Astra Microwave hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Capital India Fin, Orchid Pharma, Borana Weaves, NIIT Learning System and California Soft(PP)hit their fresh 52-week lows.