Share market update: Pharma shares advance; Aurobindo Pharma gains 3%

NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading higher in Wednesday's session with their sectoral index trading up.
Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 3.38 per cent) , Alkem Laboratories (up 2.37 per cent) , Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 2.31 per cent) , Biocon (up 2.0 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.21 per cent) , Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 1.13 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 0.46 per cent) , Cipla (up 0.35 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.32 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.18 per cent up at 9994.35 around 12:03PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 28.95 points at 10770.7, while the BSE Sensex was down 119.13 points at 36555.39.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 27 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, SAIL, SBI, Bank of Baroda, IndusInd Bank, PNB, L&T Fin Holding, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.