NEW DELHI: Most pharma stocks were trading with gains in afternoon trade on Tuesday.The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.73 per cent up at 9,968.85 around 01:45 pm.
Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 3.91 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 3.06 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 2.36 per cent) were the top gainers in the index.Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.94 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.91 per cent), Biocon (up 1.50 per cent), Lupin (up 1.14 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.02 per cent) and Cipla (up 1 per cent) also witnessed decent traction in their shares.
Meanwhile, Divi's Laboratories (down 0.22 per cent) was trading slightly down around that time.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 12.95 points at 11,564.70, while the BSE Sensex was up 18.41 points at 38,297.16.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 27 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.
Over 35 stocks, including Reliance Industries, ITC, Amara Raja Batteries, Bata India, Berger Paints, Britannia Industries and Birla Cable, hit 52-week highs during Tuesday's session.