Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 2.67 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(up 2.21 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(up 1.05 per cent), Ipca Laboratories(up 0.85 per cent) and Abbott India(up 0.84 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack. On the other hand, Divis Laboratories(down 0.99 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.97 per cent), Gland Pharma(down 0.87 per cent), Natco Pharma(down 0.76 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.74 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.26 per cent down at 14017.15. Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 37.8 points at 19749.25, while the BSE Sensex stood up 205.21 points at 66795.14.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Reliance Power, PNB and Suzlon Energy were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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