Nifty Healthcare Sector Analysis — Live Performance, Constituent stocks

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NIFTY HEALTHCARE

Current value

16,931.20 +112.95 (+0.67%)

Open: 16,749.70
High: 16,932.70
Low: 16,680.55
Previous close: 16,818.25

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Data retrieved: 09 Nov 2026, 03:22 AM IST

	Company			Today Low/High
ABBOTINDIA	ABBOTT INDIA LIMITED	26345	-260 (-0.98%)	26280 27065	26605	16,959
ALKEM	ALKEM LABORATORIES LIMITED	5297	107 (2.06%)	5141 5297	5190	65,881
APOLLOHOSP	APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED	8446	75 (0.9%)	8310 8481	8371	4,23,178
AUROPHARMA	AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED	1800	15 (0.84%)	1776 1805	1785	12,95,816
BIOCON	BIOCON LIMITED	365.1	3.1 (0.86%)	357.35 365.9	362	51,23,511
CIPLA	CIPLA LIMITED	1411	6.9 (0.49%)	1382 1411	1404.1	15,67,019
DIVISLAB	DIVI'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	10320.5	180 (1.78%)	10040.5 10320.5	10140.5	8,86,474
DRREDDY	DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	1373	7 (0.51%)	1358.4 1373	1366	13,43,395
GLENMARK	GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	2590	108.2 (4.36%)	2365.5 2682.5	2481.8	50,36,760
GRANULES	GRANULES INDIA LIMITED	799.65	5.2 (0.65%)	761.5 803	794.45	32,82,062
IPCALAB	IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED	1941.8	-7.8 (-0.4%)	1914.4 1995	1949.6	2,37,888
LALPATHLAB	DR. LAL PATH LABS LTD.	1970	3.2 (0.16%)	1935 2011	1966.8	5,66,941
LAURUSLABS	LAURUS LABS LIMITED	2340	-6 (-0.26%)	2309.1 2341.5	2346	14,45,453
LUPIN	LUPIN LIMITED	1988.1	0.1 (0.01%)	1968.2 1996.9	1988	4,31,215
MAXHEALTH	MAX HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE LIMITED	934	2 (0.21%)	919.4 936.9	932	27,62,172
METROPOLIS	METROPOLIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED	568.75	-2.25 (-0.39%)	565.1 573.6	571	2,01,207
SUNPHARMA	SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED	1860	31 (1.69%)	1814.7 1868.9	1829	23,48,251
SYNGENE	SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	417.3	3.2 (0.77%)	408.15 418.35	414.1	10,19,769
TORNTPHARM	TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	4750	40 (0.85%)	4699.1 4789.5	4710	3,59,448
ZYDUSLIFE	ZYDUS LIFESCIENCES LIMITED	1197.9	4.9 (0.41%)	1190 1207.5	1193	17,10,907

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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Nifty Pharma — pharma-only sub-sector
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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.