Shares of Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 1.23 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 0.93 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(up 0.61 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 0.22 per cent) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.1 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(down 3.6 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(down 1.76 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.24 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.23 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(down 1.19 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.95 per cent down at 18822.3.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 355.96 points at 22338.75, while the BSE Sensex stood up 1245.05 points at 73745.35.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 ended in the green, while 13 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SAIL, Tata Steel and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Rico Auto, Kalyani Steels, Windlas Biotech, The Hi-Tech Gears and Yuken India hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while GPT Healthcare, Stampede Cap(DVR), Digidrive Distributo, KRBL and Star Health hit their fresh 52-week lows.