Nifty Healthcare Sector Analysis — Live Performance, Constituent stocks

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NIFTY HEALTHCARE

Current value

15,934.65 -160.90 (-1.00%)

Open: 16,028.65
High: 16,104.00
Low: 15,894.90
Previous close: 16,095.55

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Data retrieved: 05 Oct 2026, 11:52 PM IST

	Company			Today Low/High
ABBOTINDIA	ABBOTT INDIA LIMITED	26240	-600 (-2.24%)	26030 26840	26840	5,773
ALKEM	ALKEM LABORATORIES LIMITED	5192.5	-27.5 (-0.53%)	5136 5235	5220	1,02,619
APOLLOHOSP	APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISE LIMITED	7985	-148.5 (-1.83%)	7880.5 8076	8133.5	8,95,216
AUROPHARMA	AUROBINDO PHARMA LIMITED	1674.9	-1.9 (-0.11%)	1663.1 1696	1676.8	9,58,714
BIOCON	BIOCON LIMITED	369.8	-0.9 (-0.24%)	365.1 373.05	370.7	21,21,058
CIPLA	CIPLA LIMITED	1335.5	-8.5 (-0.63%)	1321 1337.7	1344	10,84,209
DIVISLAB	DIVI'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	9196	-53 (-0.57%)	9113.5 9285.5	9249	4,80,338
DRREDDY	DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED	1203	-3.2 (-0.27%)	1189 1206.6	1206.2	30,75,974
GLENMARK	GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	2295	-36 (-1.54%)	2273.5 2340.5	2331	4,90,378
GRANULES	GRANULES INDIA LIMITED	817.25	-4.5 (-0.55%)	800 824.65	821.75	5,75,094
IPCALAB	IPCA LABORATORIES LIMITED	1951.3	8.1 (0.42%)	1930.3 1984.9	1943.2	2,10,605
LALPATHLAB	DR. LAL PATH LABS LTD.	1971.3	-33.8 (-1.69%)	1960 2026	2005.1	3,50,211
LAURUSLABS	LAURUS LABS LIMITED	1971.4	-12.6 (-0.64%)	1955.1 2002	1984	13,74,138
LUPIN	LUPIN LIMITED	2011	-20.2 (-0.99%)	1996.3 2029	2031.2	5,71,495
MAXHEALTH	MAX HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE LIMITED	917	-23.95 (-2.55%)	912 939.8	940.95	31,27,962
METROPOLIS	METROPOLIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED	553.6	15.7 (2.92%)	532 559.5	537.9	2,64,357
SUNPHARMA	SUN PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED	1779.7	-21.3 (-1.18%)	1776.7 1802.9	1801	12,90,843
SYNGENE	SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	357.4	-3.9 (-1.08%)	355.55 364.45	361.3	3,27,748
TORNTPHARM	TORRENT PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED	4772	4.7 (0.1%)	4710 4795	4767.3	3,32,068
ZYDUSLIFE	ZYDUS LIFESCIENCES LIMITED	1139	-6.7 (-0.58%)	1128.1 1151	1145.7	15,92,973

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.