Shares of Pfizer(up 0.72 per cent), Gland Pharma(up 0.53 per cent), Alkem Laboratories(up 0.41 per cent) and Lupin(up 0.02 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Granules India(down 3.93 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals(down 3.33 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma(down 2.37 per cent), Strides Pharma Science(down 2.27 per cent) and Biocon(down 2.17 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.05 per cent down at 12799.95.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 198.05 points at 17758.45, while the BSE Sensex stood down 651.85 points at 59646.15.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 6 ended in the green, while 44 closed in the red.
Shares of Zomato Ltd., , , and JP Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
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