Share market update: Pharma shares rise; Cipla gains 3%

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

Shares of Cipla (up 2.52 per cent) , Lupin (up 2.52 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.19 per cent) , Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 1.91 per cent) , Biocon (up 1.1 per cent) , Divis Laboratories (up 1.07 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.86 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 0.86 per cent) , Alkem Laboratories (up 0.83 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 0.38 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.31 per cent up at 9203.2 around 12:11PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 68.00 points at 8947.1, while the BSE Sensex was up 215.79 points at 30411.96.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Power, BHEL, SBI, Alok Industries, Adani Power, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors and RIL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.