The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.0 per cent up at 19774.7.
NEW DELHI: The Nifty Pharma index closed on a positive note on Monday.Shares of J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(up 4.55 per cent), Sanofi India Ltd.(up 4.12 per cent), Zydus Lifesciences Ltd.(up 2.87 per cent), Cipla Ltd.(up 2.48 per cent) and Mankind Pharma Ltd.(up 2.17 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.
On the other hand, Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.(down 1.27 per cent) and Granules India Ltd.(down 1.14 per cent) finished as the top losers of the day.
The Nifty Pharma index closed 1.0 per cent up at 19774.7.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index ended down 30.96 points at 23259.2, while the BSE Sensex stood down 203.28 points at 76490.08.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 ended in the green, while 20 closed in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, IRB Infra Dev., Tata Steel and NHPC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.
Shares of Zenith Exports, Likhitha Infra, Gufic BioSci, Emkay Global and Premier Exp hit their fresh 52-week highs in today's trade, while Neueon Towers, Bohra Industries, Borosil Scientific, Compuage Infocom and Kaya hit their fresh 52-week lows.
Source: Stocks-Markets-Economic Times