Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 3.06 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 2.67 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 2.45 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(up 2.01 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.48 per cent) were among the top gainers.
J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 6.61 per cent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.96 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(down 1.2 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 0.89 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(down 0.49 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.19 per cent at 21969.5 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 91.85 points at 25545.95, while the BSE Sensex was down 321.52 points at 83737.38.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 32 were in the red. Shares of RattanIndia Power, Vodafone Idea, JP Power, YES Bank and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Indef Manufacturing, Prostarm Info System, Cube Highways Trust, NDR Auto Components and Force Motors hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Alps Industries, SKIL Infrastructure, Sadhana Nitro, Digitide Solutions Ltd. and Varanium Cloud hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.