Healthcare stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Healthcare index increasing 423.47 points or 2.01% at 21486.76 at 09:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Healthcare index, Unichem Laboratories Ltd (up 6.83%), Neuland Laboratories Ltd (up 6.59%),Ajanta Pharma Ltd (up 6.53%),Alembic Ltd (up 6.31%),IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd (up 5.2%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Wockhardt Ltd (up 4.42%), Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd (up 4.03%), Suven Life Sciences Ltd (up 3.91%), Take Solutions Ltd (up 3.29%), and Granules India Ltd (up 3.22%).
On the other hand, Strides Pharma Science Ltd (down 1.6%), Dr Lal Pathlabs Ltd (down 1.03%), and ERIS Lifesciences Ltd (down 0.52%) turned lower.
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 142.25 or 0.29% at 49939.97.
The Nifty 50 index was up 65.7 points or 0.45% at 14713.55.
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The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 155.99 points or 0.84% at 18801.93.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 64.34 points or 1.02% at 6384.33.
On BSE,1416 shares were trading in green, 714 were trading in red and 104 were unchanged.
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