Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Biocon rises 1%

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

Shares of Biocon (up 1.29 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.27 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.03 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.99 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Piramal Enterprises (down 1.27 per cent), Lupin (down 0.47 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.09 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories (down 0.06 per cent) were trading with losses.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.23 per cent up at 9210.85 around 10:22 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 16.60 points at 11,614.85 while the BSE Sensex was up 94.76 points at 38,695.10.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of PC Jeweller, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, Marico, Bharti Airtel, Federal Bank, Suzlon Energy, Tata Motors and GMR Infra were among the most traded shares on the NSE.