Share market update: Pharma shares advance; Cipla rises 2%

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

Shares of Cipla (up 1.74 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.92 per cent) , Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.73 per cent) , Lupin (up 0.69 per cent) , Divis Laboratories (up 0.58 per cent) , Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 0.42 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.37 per cent) , Piramal Enterprises (up 0.35 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 0.17 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.6 per cent up at 8045.4 around 09:57 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 64.20 points at 12190.75 , while the BSE Sensex was up 207.97 points at 41371.73 .

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

Shares of YES Bank, Bank of Baroda, SBI, PNB, Exide Inds., JSPL, SAIL and Allahabad Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.