Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Biocon jumps 5%

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

Shares of Biocon (up 5.30 per cent) , Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 3.78 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.54 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 1.02 per cent) were trading higher.

Piramal Enterprises (up 0.88 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.59 per cent) , Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.31 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.23 per cent) were among the top gainers.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.63 per cent up at 8229.40 around 10:03 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 46.15 points at 12,083.85, while the BSE Sensex was up 145.48 points at 40,966.78.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 42 were trading in the green, while 8 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, ICICI Bank, Zee Ent., Ashok Leyland, Motherson Sumi, Tata Motors, L&T Fin Holding and Biocon were among the most traded shares on the NSE.