Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Aurobindo Pharma climbs 3%

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

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 3.28 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 2.01 per cent), Biocon (up 1.44 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 1.32 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.94 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.89 per cent), Lupin (up 0.76 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.54 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.18 per cent up at 8041.15 around 10:16 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 23.65 points at 11,820.10 while the BSE Sensex was up 101.28 points at 39,536.22.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 29 were trading in the green, while 21 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Dish TV India, Vodafone Idea, BHEL, PNB, TV18 Broadcast, NTPC, Ashok Leyland, SAIL and Indiabulls Housing Finance were among the most traded shares on the NSE.