Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Piramal rises over 1%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were mixed in Tuesday's morning session with its sectoral index trading in the green.

Shares of Piramal Enterprises (up 1.64 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.14 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.95 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.56 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

Biocon (down 0.61 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.57 per cent), Lupin (down 0.43 per cent) and Cipla (down 0.39 per cent) were trading lower.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.29 per cent up at 8998.90 around 10:40 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 19.15 points at 10,882.65 while the BSE Sensex was up 48.71 points at 36,112.52.

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

Shares of Tata Motors, SAIL, YES Bank, Ashok Leyland, Bank of Baroda, BEL, Indian Oil Corp, SBI and JSW Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.