bengaluru nov 8 reuters  indian shares fell on monday weighed down by losses in pharmaceutical stocks although shares of pfizer incs indian arm pfizns jumped on positive data for the parent firms experimental pill against covid19 the blue chip nse nifty 50 index nsei fell 030 to 1786305 and the benchmark sp bse sensex bsesn fell 029 to 5989540 by 0401 gmt markets had gained in thursdays special onehour trading session and were shut on friday for the festive season of diwali on monday shares of pfizer ltd gained as much as 83 after its parent said on friday that its experimental covid19 antiviral pill cut by 89 the chance of hospitalization or death for adults at risk of severe disease read more the nifty pharma index nipharm lost 197 weighed down by a 79 fall in active pharmaceutical ingredient maker divis laboratories divins despite the company posting strong septemberquarter results on saturday divis makes the api for generic versions of pfizer rival mercks mrkn covid19 antiviral pill molnupiravir broader asian markets were mixed as investors looked ahead to a reading on us inflation later in the week reporting by anuron kumar mitra in bengaluru editing by ramakrishnan m