NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading with gains in Thursday's morning session with their sectoral index trading higher. Shares of Lupin (up 3.03 per cent), Cipla (up 2.95 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.22 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories (up 2 per cent) were trading with gains. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.92 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 1.61 per cent), Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories (up 1.50 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 1.01 per cent) too were trading higher.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.79 per cent up at 8062.75 around 10:08 am.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 69.35 points at 11,340.65 while the BSE Sensex was up 254.73 points at 38,102.38.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 36 were trading in the green, while 14 were in the red.
Shares of YES Bank, IDFC First Bank, Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, Indian Oil Corp, Bank of Baroda, ZEEL, PNB, Ashok Leyland and SBI were among the most traded shares on the NSE.