Share market update: Pharma shares slip; Sun Pharma down 1%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading lower in Monday's session with their sectoral index trading down.

Shares of Divi's Laboratories (down 1.88 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 1.07 per cent) , Alkem Laboratories (down 0.81 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.75 per cent) , Torrent Pharmaceuticals (down 0.66 per cent) , Dr Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.52 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (down 0.45 per cent) , Cipla (down 0.33 per cent) and Biocon (down 0.19 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.57 per cent down at 9925.9 around 12:00PM.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 217.95 points at 9754.95, while the BSE Sensex was 760.28 points at 33020.61.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 5 were trading in the green, while 45 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, BHEL, Tata Motors, IDFC First Bank Ltd., SBI, Zee Ent., Ashok Leyland, RBL Bank Ltd., Hindalco Inds. and IndusInd Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.