Share market update: Pharma shares advance; Aurobindo Pharma rises 6%

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

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 5.81 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 3.57 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 3.05 per cent), Cipla (up 2.79 per cent), Divis Laboratories (up 2.55 per cent), Alkem Laboratories (up 2.53 per cent), Lupin (up 2.38 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 1.2 per cent) and Biocon (up 1.0 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 3.27 per cent up at 9340.3 around 12:21PM .


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 235.75 points at 9229.6 , while the BSE Sensex was up 759.51 points at 31449.53 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, SBI, Ashok Leyland, YES Bank, Hindalco Inds., ITC, Motherson Sumi, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.