Nifty Healthcare Sector Analysis — Live Performance, Constituent stocks

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NIFTY HEALTHCARE

Current value

16,418.00 -5.90 (-0.04%)

Open: 16,412.70
High: 16,448.05
Low: 16,306.85
Previous close: 16,423.90

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Data retrieved: 25 Aug 2026, 08:12 AM IST

	Company			Today Low/High
ABBOTINDIA	ABBOTT INDIA LIMITED	26420	190 (0.72%)	26030 26495	26230	10,305
ALKEM	ALKEM LABORATORIES LIMITED	5350	-50 (-0.93%)	5315 5400	5400	46,339
APOLLOHOSP	APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED	8702	9 (0.1%)	8591.5 8702	8693	2,91,970
AUROPHARMA	AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED	1608	-13.3 (-0.82%)	1604.6 1637.9	1621.3	9,69,437
BIOCON	BIOCON LIMITED	409.4	-6.15 (-1.48%)	409 414.55	415.55	17,61,155
CIPLA	CIPLA LIMITED	1437.9	5.7 (0.4%)	1410.3 1442.3	1432.2	12,20,646
DIVISLAB	DIVI'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	8496	-101 (-1.17%)	8457.5 8563.5	8597	2,51,013
DRREDDY	DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	1190	15.3 (1.3%)	1168.6 1195.9	1174.7	22,48,634
GLENMARK	GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	2390.7	72.8 (3.14%)	2295.3 2395	2317.9	7,10,023
GRANULES	GRANULES INDIA LIMITED	855.3	-2.85 (-0.33%)	846 868.2	858.15	3,05,614
IPCALAB	IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED	1920.4	9.2 (0.48%)	1898 1938	1911.2	2,77,434
LALPATHLAB	DR. LAL PATH LABS LTD.	1883.8	-10.4 (-0.55%)	1876 1911.6	1894.2	1,46,775
LAURUSLABS	LAURUS LABS LIMITED	1801	-1 (-0.06%)	1790 1810.8	1802	28,94,242
LUPIN	LUPIN LIMITED	2188	-13.8 (-0.63%)	2180.3 2199.8	2201.8	4,75,169
MAXHEALTH	MAX HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE LIMITED	990.5	-9.5 (-0.95%)	983.4 1008.9	1000	19,97,268
METROPOLIS	METROPOLIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED	563.35	6.4 (1.15%)	553.3 568.35	556.95	1,77,591
SUNPHARMA	SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED	1910	7.6 (0.4%)	1892.6 1923	1902.4	23,17,987
SYNGENE	SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	398.55	-8.7 (-2.14%)	397.15 407.1	407.25	2,68,563
TORNTPHARM	TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	4886.5	-10 (-0.2%)	4855 4920	4896.5	1,51,552
ZYDUSLIFE	ZYDUS LIFESCIENCES LIMITED	1103.8	-16.2 (-1.45%)	1098 1117.5	1120	8,57,487

About Nifty Healthcare

Covers a broader healthcare universe including pharmaceuticals and healthcare services.

Composition and weight-review schedules follow the applicable index-specific NSE Indices methodology.

Index definition and methodology: NSE Indices. Market prices are supplied by the NiftyTrader market-data service.

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Nifty Healthcare tracks 20 stocks across India's broader healthcare ecosystem — pharmaceutical companies, hospital chains (Apollo Hospitals, Max Healthcare, Fortis), diagnostic chains (Dr Lal PathLabs, Metropolis) and medical devices. The index has significant overlap with Nifty Pharma but is more diversified. This page shows current Nifty Healthcare performance and constituent stocks.

Understanding the Nifty Healthcare Sector

What is Nifty Healthcare?

Nifty Healthcare is the NSE sectoral index covering 20 stocks across the broader healthcare value chain. Approximately 65-70% of the index weight overlaps with Nifty Pharma (the same pharma companies appear in both), with the remaining 30-35% from non-pharma healthcare — hospital chains, diagnostic chains, and medical device companies. The index was launched to give investors broader healthcare exposure than the pharma-only Nifty Pharma index.

Nifty Healthcare vs Nifty Pharma — the difference

Nifty Pharma is 20 pharmaceutical companies. Nifty Healthcare is roughly 14-15 of those same pharma companies plus 5-6 non-pharma names (Apollo Hospitals, Max Healthcare, Fortis Healthcare, Dr Lal PathLabs, Metropolis Healthcare, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences). The non-pharma names are pure-India consumption plays with no USD exposure or US FDA risk — they behave differently from generic pharma exporters. When choosing between the two indices: Nifty Pharma is heavier on US-generic-exposure; Nifty Healthcare is more balanced India-consumption plus exports.

What drives Nifty Healthcare

For pharma constituents: Same drivers as Nifty Pharma — USFDA actions, USD/INR, generic drug pricing
For hospital chains: Bed occupancy rates, ARPOB (Average Revenue Per Occupied Bed), insurance penetration, medical tourism trends
For diagnostic chains: Test volume growth, post-Covid normalisation, B2B contract wins, network expansion pace
Common drivers: Government healthcare spending, PMJAY scheme expansion, health insurance industry growth

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FAQs About Sector Analysis Nifty Healthcare

Nifty Pharma is 20 pharmaceutical companies only. Nifty Healthcare is 20 stocks including roughly 14-15 of the same pharma names plus 5-6 non-pharma names — hospitals (Apollo, Max, Fortis), diagnostic chains (Dr Lal PathLabs, Metropolis) and medical devices. About 65-70% of the weight overlaps. Nifty Healthcare is more balanced India-consumption plus exports; Nifty Pharma is heavier on US-generic drug exposure.

Nifty Healthcare consists of 20 stocks across India's broader healthcare ecosystem — pharmaceutical companies, hospital chains, diagnostic chains and medical device companies.