Share market update: Nifty Pharma index down nearly 2%; Aurobindo Pharma in the red

New Delhi: The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.79 per cent down at 8654.6 on Thursday with most of its components trading in the red.

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (down 4.64 per cent), Biocon (down 3.17 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (down 2.99 per cent) and Cipla (down 2.26 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

Divi's Laboratories (down 1.64 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 1.55 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 1.52 per cent) too were among the worst performers.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 129.35 points at 10,653.55 while BSE Sensex was 389.22 points at 35,495.19.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red.

Shares of Sun Pharma, YES Bank, L&T Fin Holding, Ashok Leyland, Vedanta, ICICI Bank, Tata Steel, BHEL and Hindalco Industries were among the most traded shares on the NSE.