Share market update: Nifty Pharma index rises; Sun Pharma up 2%

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

Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 2.44 per cent) , Cipla (up 1.82 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.50 per cent) were trading with gains.

Cadila Healthcare (up 0.44 per cent) , Biocon (up 0.39 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.01 per cent) too were trading in the green.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.46 per cent up at 7916.05 around 10:13 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 60.40 points at 11,856.80 while the BSE Sensex was down 184.69 points at 40,063.54.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 17 were trading in the green, while 33 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vodafone Idea, PNB, ZEEL, JSPL, SBI, SAIL, Titan Company and Bank of Baroda were among the most traded shares on the NSE.