Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 1.06 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.68 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 0.66 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 0.58 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.37 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 0.32 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(down 0.22 per cent) and Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.08 per cent at 21518.3 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 239.91 points at 24761.25, while the BSE Sensex was down 852.44 points at 81324.01.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy, IFCI and InterGlobe were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Apollo Micro Systems, Camlin Fine Sc, Stampede Cap(DVR), Cosmo Films and GE T&D India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Godha Cabcon & Insul, Tantia Const, Impex Ferro Tech, Protean eGov Techno and Shree Ram Proteins hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.