Shares of Divi's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.45 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(up 1.24 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.13 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 1.09 per cent) and J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.89 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 5.96 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(down 1.51 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 0.78 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 0.41 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.2 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.12 per cent up at 22554.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 187.45 points at 25010.6, while the BSE Sensex stood up 611.9 points at 81698.11.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 ended in the green, while 18 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Ola Electric Mobilit, YES Bank, Alok Industries and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of CESC Ventures, Uma Exports, Oriental Trimex, Panacea Biotec and Jet Freight Logistic hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Debock Sales & Mktg, Future Supply Chain, Saraswati Saree Depo, Filatex Fashions and Rubfila Intnl hit their fresh 52-week lows.