Shares of Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 6.41 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.89 per cent), Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.41 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 1.55 per cent) and Abbott India Ltd.(up 1.41 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 3.36 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(down 2.46 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.3 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.79 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.42 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.28 per cent up at 18669.55.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 166.46 points at 21616.05, while the BSE Sensex stood down 523.0 points at 71072.49.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, NHPC, JP Power and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Keynote Financial, Orient Press, Shanti Overseas(Ind, JSW Holdings and Mittal Life Style hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Nahar Poly Film, Davangere Sugar, Flair Writing Indust, Aptech and Camlin Fine Sc hit their fresh 52-week lows.
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