NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the positive zone in Tuesday's morning session.
Shares of Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.91 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.63 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 1.45 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.94 per cent) were the top performers in the index.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.44 per cent), Biocon (up 0.40 per cent) and Cipla (up 0.27 per cent) too were trading with gains.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.55 per cent up at 8711.90 around 10:38 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 14.60 points at 10,646.95 while the BSE Sensex was down 50.78 points at 35,605.92.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, Zee Entertainment, Vodafone Idea, Ashok Leyland, ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Indiabulls Housing Finance, SBI, Adani Ports SEZ and BHEL were among the most traded shares on the NSE.