Shares of J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 6.04 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(up 1.91 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(up 1.67 per cent), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.53 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 1.47 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.57 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 0.74 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.18 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.16 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.8 per cent up at 21613.0.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 319.16 points at 25112.4, while the BSE Sensex stood up 1046.3 points at 82408.17.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 46 ended in the green, while 4 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, Vishal Mega Mart, Suzlon Energy and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Quality Power Electr, Prostarm Info System, Gallantt Metal, Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co and Indiabulls Enterprises hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Navkar Builders, Sadhana Nitro, Lasa Supergenerics, Siemens Energy India and Chembond Chem hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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