Alkem Laboratories (up 0.43 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Biocon (down 1.12 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 1.03 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.85 per cent), Divis Laboratories (down 0.76 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.64 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.47 per cent at 14507.5 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 8.95 points at 15815.1, while the BSE Sensex was down 25.63 points at 52811.58.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 22 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, SAIL, YES Bank, NMDC and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Zomato Ltd., Tainwala Chem, Asian Hotels (E), Banaras Beads and Blue Chip India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Walpar Nutritions Ltd., Madhav Copper and AKG Exim Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
