Share market update: Pharma shares gain; Sun Pharma surges 5%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the green in Tuesday's morning session.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 5.20 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.74 per cent), Biocon (up 0.68 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories (up 0.59 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.55 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.51 per cent) and Piramal Enterprises (up 0.21 per cent) too were trading with gains.


The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.11 per cent up at 8831.80 around 10:54 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 50.90 points at 10,910.95 while the BSE Sensex was down 157.95 points at 36,421.01.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 15 were trading in the green, while 35 were in the red.

Shares of Sun Pharma, YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, L&T Fin Holding, RIL, Kotak Bank, SAIL, Vedanta and Tata Motors were among the most traded shares on the NSE.