In the past month, Laurus Labs outperformed the market by surging 22 per cent, as compared to 2.1 per cent rise in the Nifty Midcap 50 index.
Motilal Oswal's Chandan Taparia recommends Hero MotoCorp, Siemens, and Laurus Labs as technical buy ideas, citing bullish chart patterns, breakout formations, and strong sectoral momentum.
The BSE Healthcare hit a new high of 51,108 on Friday, rallying 3.7% in July. The index has surged 22% since April 2026.
Among others, Manappuram Finance, Marico, Radico Khaitan, Redington, Welspun Corp, Laurus Labs and Sai Life Sciences also touched respective all-time highs in trade on Thursday.
Laurus Labs quoted higher for the fourth straight day, surging 15% in this period after delivering record quarterly revenue with expanded profitability and continued portfolio transformation.
The stock price of Laurus Labs hit a new high of ₹1,662.45 in intra-day deals on Monday; the stock has zoomed 176% in the past 14 months from levels of ₹601.75 on May 27, 2025.
Laurus Labs on Friday reported a 124.7% YoY surge in Q1 consolidated net profit at ₹361.99 crore, backed by 28.8% growth in total income. The stock has nearly doubled in the last one year.
Pharma stocks: RPG Life, Thyrocare, Hester Biosciences, Rubicon Research, IOL Chemicals, Emcure and Suven Life from the BSE Healthcare index rallied between 4% and 8% on Monday.
Sustained clinical and commercial contracting across technologies and sites driving good growth outlook for CDMO business, the company said.
In the past seven trading days, the Nifty Pharma index outperformed the market by soaring 5.4 per cent, as compared to 0.1 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.
Analysts said that a combination of defensive buying, strong earnings visibility, export tailwinds, and sector rotation is driving the rally in pharma stocks.
Sai's management reiterated long-term guidance of 15-20 per cent revenue CAGR with 28-30 per cent steady state EBITDA margin over the next two to three years.
In the past one month, the Nifty Midcap 100 index outperformed the market by gaining 3.4 per cent, as compared to 0.1 per cent decline in the Nifty 50.
In the past one month, Laurus Labs and Sai Life shares have surged 18 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively. In comparison, the BSE Sensex has slipped 4.2 per cent.
Vijaya Diagnostic Centre was quoting higher for the eight straight trading day, soaring 25 per cent during the period.
In the past one month, Laurus (up 14 per cent) and Sai Life (up 15 per cent) have outperformed the market by soaring up to 15 per cent
The Nifty Pharma index was quoting higher for the fifth straight trading day, surging 3.8 per cent during the period, as against 0.37 per cent gain in Nifty 50.
Laurus Labs is now getting the benefit of the same as the CDMO quarterly run rate has gone up from ₹220-250 crore to ₹450-500 crore in two years, believe analysts.
Glenmark Pharma, Cipla, Wockhardt, Mankind Pharma, Lupin, Zydus Life, Laurus, Ipca Labs, Divis Labs, Strides Pharma and Onesource were up in the range of 3% to 6%.
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