Share market update: Nifty Pharma index up; Dr. Reddy's Lab rises 1%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading on a mixed note in Thursday's morning session with their sectoral index trading up.

Shares of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.07 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 1.00 per cent) , Lupin (up 0.71 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.67 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While Aurobindo Pharma (down 1.97 per cent ) , Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (down 1.88 per cent ) , Biocon (down 0.74 per cent ) and Divi's Laboratories (down 0.43 per cent ) were the top losers in the index.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.14 per cent up at 8118.65 around 10:42 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 15.50 points at 11,983.60, while the BSE Sensex was 38.68 points at 40612.96 .

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, NCC, ZEEL, SBI, UCO Bank, RBL Bank , Bank of Baroda, Bharti Airtel and TV18 Broadcast were among the most traded shares on the NSE.