Ipca Laboratories Ltd (3.71 per cent), Natco Pharma Ltd (2.1 per cent), Lupine Ltd (1.73 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (1.4 per cent) and Zydus Lifesciences Ltd (up 1.15 per cent) were among the top gainers.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (down 1.43 percent), Glend Pharma Ltd. (down 0.74 percent), Cipla Ltd. (down 0.47 percent), Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. (down 0.3 percent) and Sanofi India Ltd. (down 0.09 percent) were the top losers on the index.
At the time of writing, the Nifty Pharma index was up 0.61 percent at 22480.60.
The benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 15.16 points at 24156.45, while the BSE Sensex was up 145.49 points at 79641.64.
Out of 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green while 30 were in the red.
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