Lupin (up 0.41 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.39 per cent), Divis Laboratories (up 0.22 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories (up 0.14 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Cipla (down 2.85 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (down 0.64 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.56 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (down 0.34 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (down 0.05 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.33 per cent at 14531.05 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 44.1 points at 16250.5, while the BSE Sensex was down 177.11 points at 54315.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, GAIL, Suzlon Energy and IDFC First Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of PVP Ventures Ltd., Barbeque-Nation Hospitality Ltd., Accuracy Shipping, Macpower CNC Machine and HB Stockholding hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Viceroy Hotels and AKG Exim Ltd. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
