Shares of Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 5.61 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(up 3.25 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.96 per cent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.62 per cent) and Biocon Ltd.(up 1.61 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.09 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 0.97 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 0.7 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.46 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 0.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.42 per cent up at 22204.25.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 48.11 points at 25405.3, while the BSE Sensex stood down 170.22 points at 83239.47.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 ended in the green, while 29 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, JP Power, Tata Steel and FSN E-Comm(Nykaa)were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of DCM Shriram, Shree Global, Quality Power Electr, TN Telecom and Ellenbarrie Ind. Gas hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Stampede Cap(DVR), Sadhana Nitro, Globe Civil Projects, Mahalaxmi Fabric Mil and R K Swamy hit their fresh 52-week lows.