Share market update: Nifty Pharma index flat; Cadila Healthcare down 1%

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

Shares of Cadila Healthcare (down 0.85 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.47 per cent), Lupin (down 0.40 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories (down 0.22 per cent) were the top losers in the index.

Cipla (down 0.14 per cent), Biocon (down 0.11 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.03 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.01 per cent) too were trading lower.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading flat at 7966.80 around 10:08 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 74.20 points at 11,106.65 while the BSE Sensex was up 237.42 points at 37,564.78.

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

Shares of YES Bank, NBCC, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, JSPL, PNB, SAIL and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.