Healthcare stocks edge higher
Healthcare stocks were trading in green, with the BSE Healthcare index increasing 435.76 points or 1.01% at 43550.89 at 09:47 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Healthcare index, Cipla Ltd (up 7.76%), Poly Medicure Ltd (up 5.3%),Unichem Laboratories Ltd (up 4.08%),Rainbow Childrens Medicare Ltd (up 3.73%),Syncom Formulations (India) Ltd (up 3.28%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were FDC Ltd (up 3.03%), Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd (up 3.02%), Wockhardt Ltd (up 2.9%), Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd (up 2.85%), and Concord Biotech Ltd (up 2.66%).
On the other hand, Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd (down 3.58%), Shalby Ltd (down 1.93%), and Gufic BioSciences Ltd (down 1.64%) turned lower.
At 09:47 IST, the BSE SmallCap was up 420.15 or 0.78% at 54528.18.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 10.05 points or 0.06% at 15871.57.
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The Nifty 50 index was down 79.5 points or 0.33% at 24261.35.
The BSE Sensex index was down 163.98 points or 0.21% at 79778.2.
On BSE,2115 shares were trading in green, 924 were trading in red and 102 were unchanged.
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First Published: Oct 31 2024 | 10:00 AM IST