Torrent Pharma ascended 6.61% to Rs 257.95 and topped gainers in BSE’s ‘A’ group shares. The other gainers in the list were ABB, LIC Housing Finance, Reliance Energy and GMR Infrastructure.
Freshly, Torrent Pharma Ahmedabad based healthcare company had instigated Rimonabant, which is an anti-obesity molecule, for the first time in India under the trade name Rimoslim. The drug aims many cardio-metabolic risk factors that can lead to obesity, type 2 diabetes or dyslipidaemia.
Today, Nirma Ltd touched a low of Rs 181 after the soaps and detergents maker posted an unaudited net loss of Rs 93.45 crore for the March quarter.
For the year-ago quarter, the company had recorded a net profit of 95.17 crore on an unaudited basis. The shares are now trading 3.5 per cent lower at Rs 186.55.