Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Piramal Enterprises surges 6%

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

Shares of Piramal Enterprises (up 6.66 per cent), Cipla (up 2.45 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 2.14 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.89 per cent) were trading in the green.

Divi's Laboratories (up 1.74 per cent), Biocon (up 0.77 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.38 per cent) too were trading with gains.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.87 per cent up at 8522.30 around 10:14 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 277.60 points at 11,684.75 while the BSE Sensex was up 928.33 points at 38,859.10.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 44 were trading in the green, while 6 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SBI, Adani Power, Ashok Leyland, Federal Bank, DHFL, PNB, PC Jeweller and ICICI Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.