Shares of Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(up 4.98 per cent), Alkem Laboratories Ltd.(up 4.38 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 2.65 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(up 2.37 per cent) and Lupin Ltd.(up 2.1 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(down 4.26 per cent), Abbott India Ltd.(down 1.76 per cent), Mankind Pharma Ltd.(down 1.32 per cent) and Laurus Labs Ltd.(down 0.16 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.4 per cent up at 21738.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended up 161.71 points at 24328.95, while the BSE Sensex stood up 520.9 points at 80116.49.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 39 ended in the green, while 11 closed in the red.
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