Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Sun Pharma jumps over 4%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the positive zone in Thursday's morning session.

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 4.57 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 2.89 per cent), Biocon (up 2.34 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.97 per cent) were trading with gains.

Piramal Enterprises (up 1.32 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 0.88 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.78 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.44 per cent up at 9034.95 around 10:35 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 31.10 points at 11,093.55 while the BSE Sensex was up 129 points at 37,104.23.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Sun Pharma, Zee Entertainment, SAIL, Tata Motors, Vedanta, SBI and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.