Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.06 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Divis Laboratories (down 2.21 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 1.43 per cent), Cipla (down 1.27 per cent), Biocon (down 0.99 per cent) and Lupin (down 0.98 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.95 per cent at 14153.6 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 23.2 points at 17876.4, while the BSE Sensex was up 111.21 points at 60159.68.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, GMR Infra, DLF, YES Bank and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of MPS Infotecnics, Inox Leisure, GNFC, Indo Count Ind and Gujarat Alkalie hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Jiya Eco Products Lt, Intnl Conveyors, CarTrade Tech Ltd., Marine Electricals and Servotech Power Syst hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.