Stock market update: Cadila, Cipla, Sun Pharma boost Nifty Pharma pack

NEW DELHI: Shares of Cadila Healthcare (up 2.66 per cent), Cipla (up 2.29 per cent), Biocon (up 2.23 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 2.09 per cent) were trading with decent gains, keeping the pharma index up during Tuesday's session.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.23 per cent up at 8,894 around 12:40 pm.

Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.49 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.33 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.84 per cent) too were up.

However, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.78 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (down 0.54 per cent) and Piramal Enterprises (down 0.31 per cent) were in the red in the index around that time.

Market was in the positive territory on gains in select bank, energy, auto, pharma and metal stocks.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 31 points at 10,968, while the BSE Sensex was up 46 points at 36,370.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

HPCL, Indian Oil Corporation, BPCL, Cipla and Sun Pharma were leading the pack of Nifty gainers.

However, Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, IndusInd Bank and Eicher Motors were among the top losers in the Nifty index.