** Shares of Indian Pharma companies which make drugs for
HIV rise between 2% to 13%
** U.S. decides to resume funding HIV treatment after
pausing the foreign aid on Jan. 26
** Strides Pharma SRID.NS up 13%, Laurus Labs LAUL.NS
rise 8%, Aurobindo Pharma ARBN.NS rise 3% and Cipla CIPL.NS
up 2%
** Strides, which reported 77% rise in Q3 profit earlier in
the day, is top gainer on the pharma index .NIPHARM which is
up 1%
** Since Jan. 26, LAUL down 10% and SRID fell 5% as of last
close, while SRID was largely flat and Cipla was up 1%
(Reporting by Nishit Navin)
((nishit.navin@thomsonreuters.com;))