Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.85 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 1.22 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 0.9 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 0.03 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(down 3.52 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 2.77 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.25 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 1.17 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.06 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.23 per cent down at 21985.15.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 169.61 points at 24718.6, while the BSE Sensex stood down 573.38 points at 81118.6.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 9 ended in the green, while 41 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, Reliance Power, RattanIndia Power, Suzlon Energy and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of DB Realty, Oswal Agro Mill, Nazara Technologies, Narayana Hruday and Ishan Dyes Chem hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shree Ram Proteins, Bluspring Enterprises Ltd., Navkar Builders, Lasa Supergenerics and Geekay Wires hit their fresh 52-week lows.