Sanofi India Ltd.(up 3.83 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 2.96 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 2.63 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.55 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.49 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Abbott India Ltd.(down 0.25 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was up 0.58 per cent at 23121.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 27.16 points at 25251.55, while the BSE Sensex was down 108.63 points at 82451.21.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, HFCL, Jio Financial Services, YES Bank and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Matrimony.com, Tembo Global Ind, Coral India Finance, Monarch Networth and Geekay Wires hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Globale Tessile, Mahalaxmi Fabric Mil, Tainwala Chem, Revathi Equipment and Divgi Torqtransfer hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.