Share market update: Nifty Pharma index flat; Aurobindo Pharma slips 3%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were mixed in Wednesday's morning session with its sectoral index trading flat.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.83 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 0.34 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.23 per cent) and Piramal Enterprises (up 0.15 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Aurobindo Pharma (down 3.67 per cent ), Lupin (down 0.99 per cent ), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.75 per cent ) and Cipla (down 0.70 per cent) were trading lower.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.12 per cent down at 8894.10 around 10:29 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 27.50 points at 10,858.90 while the BSE Sensex was up 124.26 points at 36,277.88.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 20 were trading in the green, while 30 were in the red.

Shares of Sun Pharma, YES Bank, Adani Ports SEZ, Ashok Leyland, ITC, Zee Entertainment, Coal India, Axis Bank, SAIL and Vodafone Idea were among the most traded shares on the NSE.