Gland Pharma(up 4.66 per cent), Natco Pharma(up 1.28 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(up 0.52 per cent), Granules India(up 0.34 per cent) and Biocon(up 0.33 per cent) were among the top gainers. Aurobindo Pharma(down 2.36 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 1.36 per cent), Laurus(down 1.3 per cent), Divis Laboratories(down 1.08 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories(down 0.56 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.09 per cent at 13756.75 at the time of writing this report. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 48.25 points at 19380.05, while the BSE Sensex was up 146.91 points at 65427.36.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 23 were trading in the green, while 26 were in the red. Shares of Suzlon Energy, PNB, YES Bank, Easy Trip Planners and Reliance Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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