Healthcare stocks were trading in red, with the BSE Healthcare index decreasing 964.5 points or 2.15% at 43811.25 at 13:42 IST.
Among the components of the BSE Healthcare index, Kovai Medical Center & Hospital Ltd (down 7.8%), Piramal Pharma Ltd (down 5.86%),Aurobindo Pharma Ltd (down 4.99%),Indraprastha Medical Corporation Ltd (down 4.86%),Laurus Labs Ltd (down 4.75%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Supriya Lifescience Ltd (down 4.73%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd (down 4.73%), RPG Life Sciences Ltd (down 4.51%), Max Healthcare Institute Ltd (down 3.96%), and Ajanta Pharma Ltd (down 3.96%).
On the other hand, Procter & Gamble Health Ltd (up 2.24%), Aarti Pharmalabs Ltd (up 1.49%), and NGL Fine Chem Ltd (up 1.19%) turned up.
At 13:42 IST, the BSE SmallCap was down 973.4 or 1.8% at 53047.6.
The BSE 150 MidCap Index index was down 240.03 points or 1.54% at 15344.42.
The Nifty 50 index was down 28.8 points or 0.12% at 23497.7.
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The BSE Sensex index was down 42.96 points or 0.06% at 77577.25.
On BSE,909 shares were trading in green, 2979 were trading in red and 117 were unchanged.
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