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

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

Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.98 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.74 per cent) , Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.57 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.21 per cent) were trading higher.

Lupin (up 0.79 per cent) , Divi's Laboratories (up 0.63 per cent) , Cipla (up 0.61 per cent) and Piramal Enterprises (up 0.49 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.03 per cent up at 7932.05 around 10:04 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 68.00 points at 12008.1 , while the BSE Sensex was up 266.45 points at 40736.15 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 32 were trading in the green, while 18 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Bharti Airtel, Bank of Baroda, Bharti Infratel, RIL, Corp Bank, UCO Bank, SBI and PNB were among the most traded shares on the NSE.