Shares of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (down 1.12 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 1.02 per cent), Lupin (down 0.61 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.54 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.51 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
While Alkem Laboratories (up 1.5 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 1.3 per cent) and Divi’s Laboratories (up 0.55 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.36 per cent down at 12268.55 around 01:30PM.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 23.00 points at 15197.8, while the BSE Sensex was up 110.37 points at 51389.88.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.
Shares of Tata Power, IDBI Bank, Vodafone Idea, BHEL and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Indian Energy Exchange, Welspun India, Can Fin Homes, Poly Medicure and Orchid Pharma hit their fresh 52week high in today’s trade, while Shrenik Ltd., Bannari Amman Spinning Mills Ltd. and Marine Electricals (India) Ltd. hit fresh 52week low in trade.