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

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

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.21 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 0.73 per cent) , Piramal Enterprises (up 0.53 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.44 per cent) were trading higher.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.41 per cent) , Lupin (up 0.39 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 0.23 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories (up 0.16 per cent) too were trading with gains.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.50 per cent up at 8108.85 around 10:11 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 38.85 points at 10,985.05 while the BSE Sensex was up 140.2 points at 37,121.97.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 30 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Tata Motors, Equitas Holdings, Ashok Leyland, JSPL, Vodafone Idea, SAIL, NBCC , ICICI Bank and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.