Shares of Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 0.98 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.97 per cent), Alkem Laboratories (up 0.79 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 0.7 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.15 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Biocon (down 1.2 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.86 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.8 per cent), Divis Laboratories (down 0.38 per cent) and Cipla (down 0.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.15 per cent up at 14597.85.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 32.0 points at 15856.05, while the BSE Sensex stood up 138.59 points at 52975.8.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 ended in the green, while 28 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Zomato Ltd., SAIL, YES Bank and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Zomato Ltd., Tainwala Chem, Jocil Ltd, Asian Hotels (E) and Wendt India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Madhav Copper, Walpar Nutritions Ltd., Keerti Knowledge and AKG Exim Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week lows.
