Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Piramal Enterprises gains 3%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading with gains in Friday's morning session with their sectoral index trading up.

Shares of Piramal Enterprises (up 2.71 per cent) , Lupin (up 1.93 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.77 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.52 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.13 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 0.81 per cent) , Divi's Laboratories (up 0.74 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.46 per cent) too were trading in the green.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1 per cent up at 7956.60 around 10:16 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 8.90 points at 11,886.35 while the BSE Sensex was up 38.68 points at 40,167.73.

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

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SBI, Bank of Baroda, PNB, SAIL, ZEEL and Federal Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.