Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Aurobindo Pharma climbs 3%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were higher in Wednesday's morning session with their sectoral index trading higher.

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.93 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 1.65 per cent) and Biocon (up 1.38 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.91 per cent), Lupin (up 0.44 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.13 per cent) too were trading with gains.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.32 per cent up at 8540.95 around 10:16 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 31.40 points at 11,897.35 while the BSE Sensex was down 102.21 points at 39,647.52.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 were trading in the green, while 33 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, PNB, YES Bank, Sun Pharma, PC Jeweller, NMDC, DHFL, Rail Vikas Nigam, SBI and Adani Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.