Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 1.15 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.59 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.44 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Biocon Ltd.(down 3.17 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(down 3.0 per cent), Granules India Ltd.(down 2.62 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 2.39 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 2.34 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.93 per cent at 18841.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 88.0 points at 22268.3, while the BSE Sensex was down 157.4 points at 73519.73.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 7 were trading in the green, while 43 were in the red.
Shares of Motherson Sumi, Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NHPC and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Welspun Invst, Laxmi Goldorna House, Eurotex Ind, Vardhman Poly and Tijaria Polypip hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while IIFL Finance, MPS Infotecnics, Godha Cabcon & Insul, Future Consumer and Platinum Industries hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.