NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the red in Thursday's morning session with their sectoral index trading lower.
Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (down 6.44 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (down 2.62 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 1.37 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 1.26 per cent), Lupin (down 0.91 per cent), Cipla (down 0.62 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (down 0.34 per cent), Biocon (down 0.34 per cent), Divis Laboratories (down 0.29 per cent) and Dr Reddys Laboratories (down 0.18 per cent) were the top losers in the index.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.11 per cent down at 8319.8 around 10:00 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 50.95 points at 12078.55 , while the BSE Sensex was down 174.89 points at 41,023.77.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 14 were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Tata Motors, SAIL, Bharti Airtel, United Spirits, SBI, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Oil Corp were among the most traded shares on the NSE.