Biocon (up 1.26 per cent), Divis Laboratories (up 0.67 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 0.36 per cent), Alkem Laboratories (up 0.17 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.05 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Cipla (down 1.15 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (down 1.14 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.76 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (down 0.44 per cent) and Lupin (down 0.36 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.15 per cent at 13943.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 48.2 points at 15757.6, while the BSE Sensex was up 151.27 points at 52594.98.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Trident Ltd, SAIL, Suzlon Energy and Zomato Ltd. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Ltd., N R Agarwal Ind, Nahar Capital, Shiva Texyarn and MPS Ltd hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd., Viceroy Hotels, Madhav Copper, Alembic Pharma and Suryoday Small Finance Bank Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
