Shares of JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2.1 per cent), Alchem Laboratories Ltd (1.36 per cent), Diviz Laboratories Ltd (1.3 per cent), Netco Pharma Ltd (0.75 per cent) and Lupine Ltd. rose. .(up 0.24 percent) ended the day as the top gainer in the pack.
On the other hand, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (down 2.41 percent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1.76 percent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (down 1.5 percent), Granules India Ltd. (down 1.42 percent) and Biocon Ltd. (down 1.21 percent) ended as the day’s top losers.
The Nifty Pharma index closed up 0.13 percent at 21740.10.
The benchmark NSE Nifty50 index fell 168.6 points to close at 23349.9, while the BSE Sensex fell 422.59 points to 77155.79.
Out of 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 closed in the green and 35 in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, Suzlon Energy, GMR Infra, Nalco and PNB were among the most traded stocks on the NSE.
Shares of Kiri Industries, Artemis Medicare, Vijaya Diagnostic, Dynamic Cables and Jash Engineering touched fresh 52-week highs in today’s trade, while Adani Transmission, Honasa Consumer, Loyal Textiles, S Integrated Solutions and TIPS Films touched their new 52-week lows. .
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