Share market update: Pharma shares up; Aurobindo Pharma surges 16%

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

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 16.07 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 2.44 per cent), Biocon (up 1.7 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.3 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 0.8 per cent), Cipla (up 0.61 per cent), Lupin (up 0.27 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 0.24 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.01 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.52 per cent up at 8322.65 around 10:01 am.


Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 74.55 points at 12067.05 , while the BSE Sensex was up 255.59 points at 41149.97 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, Aurobindo Pharm, SBI, SAIL, Coal India Ltd, Bharti Infratel and Hathway Cable were among the most traded shares on the NSE.