Nifty Healthcare Sector Analysis — Live Performance, Constituent stocks

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NIFTY HEALTHCARE

Current value

15,557.60 -125.95 (-0.80%)

Open: 15,677.45
High: 15,811.25
Low: 15,527.65
Previous close: 15,683.55

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3 Advances16 Declines

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Data retrieved: 21 Oct 2026, 07:58 AM IST

	Company			Today Low/High
ABBOTINDIA	ABBOTT INDIA LIMITED	25905	-265 (-1.01%)	25805 26145	26170	2,009
ALKEM	ALKEM LABORATORIES LIMITED	5004	-46 (-0.91%)	4975.5 5099.5	5050	95,218
APOLLOHOSP	APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED	7700	-190 (-2.41%)	7664.5 7895	7890	4,22,465
AUROPHARMA	AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED	1621.4	-45.5 (-2.73%)	1615.6 1681.6	1666.9	7,36,433
BIOCON	BIOCON LIMITED	340	-9.2 (-2.63%)	340 349.9	349.2	32,22,416
CIPLA	CIPLA LIMITED	1324.1	-1 (-0.08%)	1321.6 1339	1325.1	13,87,215
DIVISLAB	DIVI'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	9087	-57.5 (-0.63%)	9045 9323.5	9144.5	4,48,972
DRREDDY	DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	1242.5	9.5 (0.77%)	1227 1245	1233	10,23,837
GLENMARK	GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	2210.2	-16.5 (-0.74%)	2200 2269.9	2226.7	2,85,702
GRANULES	GRANULES INDIA LIMITED	806.05	-19.3 (-2.34%)	799.3 836.95	825.35	8,74,275
IPCALAB	IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED	1814.5	-18.1 (-0.99%)	1797 1853.9	1832.6	1,67,626
LALPATHLAB	DR. LAL PATH LABS LTD.	1843.7	-16.2 (-0.87%)	1828.4 1876.1	1859.9	1,90,469
LAURUSLABS	LAURUS LABS LIMITED	2069	8.9 (0.43%)	2052.2 2089	2060.1	11,33,053
LUPIN	LUPIN LIMITED	1939.2	-22.4 (-1.14%)	1930 1971.6	1961.6	6,02,008
MAXHEALTH	MAX HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE LIMITED	830	-16 (-1.89%)	828.6 855.55	846	20,42,848
METROPOLIS	METROPOLIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED	519.1	-11.25 (-2.12%)	512.6 534.45	530.35	1,42,673
SUNPHARMA	SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED	1743	-15.8 (-0.9%)	1735.3 1768.9	1758.8	8,29,445
SYNGENE	SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	397.5	11.4 (2.95%)	382.5 402	386.1	17,09,879
TORNTPHARM	TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	4558.7	-0.2 (0%)	4532.4 4618.7	4558.9	2,50,305
ZYDUSLIFE	ZYDUS LIFESCIENCES LIMITED	1113.9	-9.1 (-0.81%)	1110.3 1134.2	1123	2,53,448

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.