Share market update: Pharma shares advance; Sun Pharma rises 1%

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

Shares of Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 1.09 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.77 per cent) , Biocon (up 0.32 per cent) , Lupin (up 0.28 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.27 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 0.21 per cent) and Alkem Laboratories (up 0.04 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.07 per cent up at 9950.15 around 12:06PM.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 65.55 points at 10617.25, while the BSE Sensex was up 216.47 points at 36060.17.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Motherson Sumi, BHEL, Tata Motors, Tata Power, BEL, SBI, Alok Industries and SAIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.