Shares of Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 2.93 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 2.43 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 1.92 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 1.27 per cent) and Lupin Ltd.(up 1.19 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Abbott India Ltd.(down 2.82 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 2.78 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.01 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.83 per cent) and Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.42 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.01 per cent up at 22041.25.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 24.75 points at 25541.8, while the BSE Sensex stood up 90.83 points at 83697.29.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 ended in the green, while 26 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, IDFC First Bank, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Gabriel India, TN Telecom, Zota Healthcare, Innovana Thinklabs and Sindhu Trade hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Stampede Cap(DVR), Arisinfra Solutions, Sadhana Nitro, Ola Electric Mobilit and Ganga Forging hit their fresh 52-week lows.