Share market update: Nifty Pharma index rises; Biocon jumps 3%

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

Shares of Biocon (up 3.35 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 3.14 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 1.08 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.06 per cent) were trading with gains.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.72 per cent), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.42 per cent), Cipla (up 0.26 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.20 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.79 per cent up at 8011.90 around 10:06 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 57.80 points at 11,948.40 while the BSE Sensex was up 152.45 points at 40,317.48.

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

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, SAIL, Adani Power, Tata Motors, PNB, JSPL, Vedanta, SBI and Tata Steel were among the most traded shares on the NSE.