Pharma stocks in Nifty opened on Thursday in a positive note, trading higher by 1.43 percent at 8,738 levels on NSE in the morning hours, with Cadila Healthcare moving the top gainer in the index, by 4.94%.
Divi’s Lab was trading higher by 2.81 percent at Rs 656 per share, also Sun Pharma soared by 2.02% at Rs 478 per share. Lupin was trading up by 1.56%, Aurobindo Pharma higher by 1.25% and Cipla was up by 1.06% among others, while Dr Reddy Laboratoreis’s was the top loser in the index, down by 0.38% at Rs 2,023 per share and Glaxo Smith Kline was trading lower by 0.35% at Rs 2,382 per share.
Meanwhile, the benchmark indices Nifty was trading up by 0.6% at 9,858 levels and Sensex was trading higher by 16 points at 31,583 levels at 10.50 am, today. Indian rupee opened at 64.03 per dollar and was trading at 64.07 per dollar, up 0.07 percent from its last close of 64.11.