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

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

Shares of Piramal Enterprises (up 2.69 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 1.82 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.76 per cent) and Biocon (up 0.71 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.42 per cent) , Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.18 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.09 per cent) too were trading higher.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.51 per cent up at 8119.15 around 10:13 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 30.80 points at 11,033.85 while the BSE Sensex was up 132.66 points at 37,278.11.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, JSPL, SAIL, Dish TV India, Bank of Baroda and Kalpataru Power were among the most traded shares on the NSE.