Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 2.08 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.91 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 0.28 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) and J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 0.11 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Biocon Ltd.(down 1.28 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.21 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.08 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.02 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(down 0.93 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.08 per cent at 19529.2 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 52.46 points at 23921.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 143.2 points at 78817.45.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 24 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, India Cements, YES Bank, Indian Renewable and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Burnpur Cement, GRP Ltd, LG Balakrishnan, Jindal Photo and Hexa Tradex hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Filatex Fashions, Akme Fintrade(India, SecUR Credentials, Allcargo Logistics and GIR Natureview hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.