NEW DELHI: Most pharma stocks were trading in the positive territory during Thursday's trade.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.75 per cent up at 8,211 around 01:15 pm with all components in the green.
Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 3.33 per cent) were the top gainers in the pharma index.On Wednesday, PTI reported that Sun Pharmaceutical Industries' subsidiary had received approval from the US health regulator for YONSA, used for treatment of a form of prostate cancer.Cadila Healthcare (up 2.38 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 1.98 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.81 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.80 per cent) climbed up to 2 per cent.Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.36 per cent), Lupin (up 1.14 per cent), Cipla (up 0.74 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (up 0.60 per cent) and Biocon (up 0.35 per cent) were also in the green.Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 69 points at 10,500, while the BSE Sensex was up 271 points at 34,616.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 31 were trading in the green, while 19 were in the red.
Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Tata Consultancy Services were among top Nifty gainers.However, Tata Motors, ONGC and Grasim Industries were among the top losers in the Nifty index.