Aurobindo Pharma(up 3.26 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(up 0.97 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(up 0.81 per cent), Abbott India(up 0.44 per cent) and Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals(up 0.22 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Gland Pharma(down 1.48 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories(down 0.99 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries(down 0.92 per cent), Natco Pharma(down 0.77 per cent) and Biocon(down 0.76 per cent) were the top losers on the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was down 0.39 per cent at 12574.8 at the time of writing this report.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 16.65 points at 18615.3, while the BSE Sensex was up 39.99 points at 62886.37.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 21 were trading in the green, while 29 were in the red.
Shares of Suzlon Energy, Reliance Power, YES Bank, Vodafone Idea and Zomato were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Force Motors, Jeena Sikho Lifecare, ISGEC Heavy Eng, Pondy Oxides and Inox Wind Energy hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while SITI Networks, Viji Finance, Bombay Metrics Suppl, Krishca Strapping So and Shigan Quantum Tech hit fresh 52-week lows in trade.
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