J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.87 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd.(up 1.59 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.53 per cent), Lupin Ltd.(up 1.17 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(up 0.95 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 4.88 per cent), Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(down 2.28 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 1.45 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 0.83 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.11 per cent at 21989.55 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 159.16 points at 24302.9, while the BSE Sensex was up 489.5 points at 79595.38.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 41 were trading in the green, while 9 were in the red.
Shares of Ola Electric Mobilit, Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, Electronics Mart Ind and YES Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Vinny Overseas, AGI Infra Ltd., Kitex Garments, Suprajit Engg and Firstsource hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Arman Financial, Diligent Media Corp, DC Infotech, Sai Silks(Kalamandir)and IRM Energy hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.