Shares of J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 1.86 per cent), Gland Pharma Ltd.(up 0.67 per cent), Laurus Labs Ltd.(up 0.3 per cent), Ajanta Pharma Ltd.(up 0.16 per cent) and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.(up 0.15 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Natco Pharma Ltd.(down 1.89 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 1.83 per cent), Biocon Ltd.(down 1.03 per cent), Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.(down 0.65 per cent) and Lupin Ltd.(down 0.58 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 0.27 per cent down at 22531.85.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 122.3 points at 25090.7, while the BSE Sensex stood up 442.61 points at 82200.34.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 ended in the green, while 19 closed in the red. Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, JP Power, PC Jeweller and Paradeep Phosphates were among the most traded shares on the NSE. Shares of Gallantt Metal, Paradeep Phosphates, Borosil Renewables, Mangalore Chem and Bluspring Enterprises Ltd. hit their fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Shriram EPC(PP), Smartworks Coworking, Reliance Comm, SKIL Infrastructure and LCC Infotech hit their fresh 52-week lows.
