Shares of Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 3.92 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 3.1 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(up 2.1 per cent), J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.54 per cent) and Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.44 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Cipla Ltd.(down 4.02 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.43 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.24 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(down 2.18 per cent) and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.95 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.0 per cent at 22374.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 126.0 points at 24340.85, while the BSE Sensex stood 426.85 points at 79942.18.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IRFC, IDFC First Bank and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Gala Precision Engin, Jagsonpal Pharm, T T Ltd, Poly Medicure and UTI AMC hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shankar Lal Rampal, Akshar Spintex, OCCL Ltd., Zenith Exports and Sheela Foam hit their fresh 52-week lows.