NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading higher in Tuesday's morning session with their sectoral index trading higher.
Shares of Cadila Healthcare (up 1.79 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.44 per cent), Dr Reddys Laboratories (up 1.31 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 0.78 per cent), Biocon (up 0.48 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.21 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.67 per cent up at 8472.6 around 10:03 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 21.10 points at 12140.1 , while the BSE Sensex was up 93.01 points at 41248.13 .
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 22 were trading in the green, while 28 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, YES Bank, SAIL, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, United Spirits, Wockhardt, SBI and Vedanta were among the most traded shares on the NSE.