NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading higher in Thursday's morning session with their sectoral index trading higher.
Shares of Divi's Laboratories (up 1.18 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 0.78 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 0.75 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.55 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 0.31 per cent), Biocon (up 0.26 per cent), Lupin (up 0.22 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.17 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.33 per cent up at 8283.95 around 09:58 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 57.85 points at 12164.75 , while the BSE Sensex was up 228.35 points at 41343.73 .
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 34 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, Zee Ent., Indian Oil Corp, RBL Bank Ltd., Axis Bank, Tata Motors, SBI and PFC were among the most traded shares on the NSE.