Biocon(up 0.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Alkem Laboratories(down 1.15 per cent), Divis Laboratories(down 0.98 per cent), Lupin(down 0.52 per cent), Cadila Healthcare(down 0.47 per cent) and Cipla(down 0.33 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.55 per cent at 14657.75 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 13.0 points at 17835.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 44.85 points at 59789.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, ONGC, YES Bank and Tata Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Bharat Gears, AksharChem Ltd, Bosch, Chemfab Alkalis and Ugro Capital hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Quadpro ITeS Ltd. and Inventure Grwth hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
