Nifty Pharma index hits record high; Sun, Laurus, Zydus, Sai rally up to 6%
Mankind Pharma is in focus.
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Among others, Mankind Pharma, Ipca Laboratories, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Divis Laboratories, Cipla and Aurobindo Pharma were up 2% each in Friday's trade.
The analysis
Mankind Pharma reported movement of 6% and 2%. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.
Against that, the stock is +0.9% on the day at ₹2,492.80, and has returned -3.2% over three months. It sits 5% below its 52-week high. The pharma & healthcare sector has moved -0.9% over the same period, so Mankind Pharma is running 2.3 points behind its peers.
With Mankind Pharma, Ipca Laboratories and Torrent Pharmaceuticals all implicated, this reads as a Pharma & Healthcare-level move rather than a company-specific one, which is the more durable kind of signal.
Market context
- 5 of the 5 companies named are in Pharma & Healthcare, so the story reads across that sector rather than for one company.
- On the day, 5 of 5 are higher: Cipla leads at +1.5% and Ipca Laboratories trails at +0.1%.
- Over three months: Mankind Pharma -3.2% against Pharma & Healthcare -0.9% (2.3 points behind); Ipca Laboratories +9.6% against Pharma & Healthcare -0.9% (10.5 points ahead); Torrent Pharmaceuticals -5.3% against Pharma & Healthcare -0.9% (4.4 points behind); Cipla -6.0% against Pharma & Healthcare -0.9% (5.1 points behind).
| Company | Price | Day | 1M | 3M | From 52-wk high | Volume vs 20-day | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mankind PharmaMANKIND · Pharma & Healthcare | ₹2,492.80 | +0.9% | -0.4% | -3.2% | -4.8% | 1.0× | — |
| Ipca LaboratoriesIPCALAB · Pharma & Healthcare | ₹1,927.80 | +0.1% | +0.0% | +9.6% | -4.1% | 1.1× | — |
| Torrent PharmaceuticalsTORNTPHARM · Pharma & Healthcare | ₹4,613.40 | +0.7% | -3.9% | -5.3% | -9.9% | 1.5× | — |
| CiplaCIPLA · Pharma & Healthcare | ₹1,378.90 | +1.5% | +2.4% | -6.0% | -10.5% | 1.3× | — |
| Aurobindo PharmaAUROPHARMA · Pharma & Healthcare | ₹1,681.40 | +1.3% | +0.6% | +6.7% | -3.0% | 1.2× | — |
Pharma & Healthcare
1M -0.6% · 3M -0.9%
Mankind Pharma, Ipca Laboratories, Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Cipla, Aurobindo Pharma
Prices as of 30 Oct 2026, 16:11 IST. Sector moves are the average of the stocks we track in each sector.
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