Share market update: Nifty Pharma index down; Cipla dips 1%

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

Shares of Cipla (down 1.37 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.98 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (down 0.78 per cent) and Biocon (down 0.75 per cent) were the worst performers in the index.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.69 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (down 0.38 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.32 per cent) and Lupin (down 0.28 per cent) too were trading lower.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.47 per cent down at 8082.65 around 10:01 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 16.35 points at 11,362.55 while the BSE Sensex was up 68.96 points at 38,100.09.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 25 were trading in the green, while 25 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Vodafone Idea, Dish TV India, PNB, Indian Oil Corp, SBI, Bank of Baroda, Adani Power and TVS Motor were among the most traded shares on the NSE.