Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.92 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.25 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.01 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 1.95 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 1.78 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.4 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 0.91 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 0.9 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.94 per cent at 21831.4 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 65.85 points at 24880.65, while the BSE Sensex was down 210.76 points at 81585.39.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red. Shares of Vishal Mega Mart, Vodafone Idea, RattanIndia Power, JP Power and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Federal Mogul, Subros, Steel Strips, Niraj Ispat Ind. and AXISCADES Engg Tech hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Navkar Builders, Sadhana Nitro, Bluspring Enterprises Ltd., Shyam Century Ferrous and Kesoram Inds. hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.