Shares of Lupin (up 1.62 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 0.9 per cent), Cipla (up 0.59 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.59 per cent) and Divi’s Laboratories (up 0.32 per cent) were among the top gainers.
While Biocon (down 0.27 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.16 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (down 0.15 per cent) and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (down 0.14 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.35 per cent up at 12235.25 around 03:08PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 3.10 points at 14941.2, while the BSE Sensex was down 12.96 points at 50392.36.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, Tata Motors, BHEL and ONGC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of DCM Shriram , Elgi Equipments, Blue Dart Express, Tata Communication and Adani Power hit their fresh 52 week high in today’s trade, while B C Power Controls Ltd., Kavveri Telecom Products Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52 week low in trade.
