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

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

Shares of Cipla (up 2.52 per cent) , Piramal Enterprises (up 1.17 per cent) , Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.01 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.12 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.

While Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (down 3.16 per cent ) , Divi's Laboratories (down 0.71 per cent ) , Biocon (down 0.60 per cent ) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.47 per cent) were trading lower.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.16 per cent up at 7829.05 around 10:12 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 10.50 points at 11,895 while the BSE Sensex was up 52.39 points at 40,336.58.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 19 were trading in the green, while 31 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SBI Life Insurance Company, Bharti Airtel, Glenmark Pharma, Bharti Infratel, Ashok Leyland, Corp Bank and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.