Natco Pharma (up 3.35 percent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.61 percent), Laurus (up 2.38 percent), Cipla (up 1.84 percent) and Lupine (up 1 .63 percent more) were among the top gainers.
Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals (down 0.4 percent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (down 0.25 percent) and Gland Pharma (down 0.16 percent) were the biggest losers in the index.
The Nifty Pharma Index rose 0.91% to 13,306.05 at the time of writing.
The benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 3.1 points at 18,662.4, while the BSE Sensex was down 58.63 points at 62,920.74.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.
Actions of Suzlon Energy, trust powerVodafone Idea, YES Bank and IDFC first bank they were among the most traded stocks on the NSE.
ICICI Securities Stock, Dairy food Paragsteel Strips, indian blue chip and Artemis Medicare hit its new 52-week highs in today's trading, while Eros Media, Gammon Infrastructure, Kore Digital, Kshitij Polyline and JBF Industries hit new 52-week lows in trading.
