Shares of Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 3.95 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 2.46 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 1.41 per cent), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.36 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 1.26 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.47 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 0.26 per cent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.14 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.12 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 0.1 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.66 per cent up at 21826.8.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 100.16 points at 25103.2, while the BSE Sensex stood up 256.22 points at 82445.21.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 ended in the green, while 11 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, JP Power, Reliance Power, Suzlon Energy and Capri Global were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Indef Manufacturing, Hybrid Financial Services, TVS Electronics, Sudarshan Chemical and MCX India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shree Ram Proteins, Varanium Cloud, Techindia Nirman, BSL Ltd and United Drilling hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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