Shares of Granules India Ltd.(up 2.64 per cent), GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.62 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.21 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.48 per cent) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.21 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Lupin Ltd.(down 1.26 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(down 1.15 per cent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 1.03 per cent), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.91 per cent) and Gland Pharma Ltd.(down 0.56 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.17 per cent down at 16831.8.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 47.3 points at 21731.4, while the BSE Sensex stood down 170.12 points at 72240.26.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 ended in the green, while 30 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Indian Railway Fin, Reliance Power and NALCO were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Sundaram-Clayton, Innova Captab, Vodafone Idea, Ashoka Metcast and Banka Bioloo hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Bajel Projects, Akshar Spintex, Muthoot Microfin, Raj Rayon and Brookfield India Rea hit their fresh 52-week lows.
