Share market update: Nifty Pharma index down; Aurobindo Pharma dips 2%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading with losses in Friday's morning session with their sectoral index trading lower.

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (down 2.06 per cent), Biocon (down 1.98 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (down 1.88 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 1.55 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

Cadila Healthcare (down 1.48 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.85 per cent), Cipla (down 0.69 per cent) and Lupin (down 0.28 per cent) too were trading lower.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.04 per cent down at 8063.45 around 10:16 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 31.80 points at 11,882.25 while the BSE Sensex was down 84.82 points at 39,656.54.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 18 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, GRUH Finance, Indiabulls Housing Finance, BHEL, PNB, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, DLF, IDBI Bank and NCC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.