Shares of Lupin Ltd.(up 2.75 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 2.16 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.82 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 1.52 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.97 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Granules India Ltd.(down 1.54 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(down 1.37 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.12 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.01 per cent) and Biocon Ltd.(down 0.79 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.44 per cent up at 22570.8.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 36.1 points at 24399.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 16.82 points at 80065.16.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 24 ended in the green, while 26 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Piramal Pharma, Zomato, PNB and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of CARE Ratings, Piramal Pharma, Vishnu Chem, The Investment Trust of India and EPACK Durables hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Vinny Overseas, Maheshwari Logistics, SecUR Credentials, Rossell India and Goldstone Tech hit their fresh 52-week lows.
