NEW DELHI: Pharma stocks were trading mixed during the last hour of Friday's session.The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.30 per cent down at 9,247 around 02:50 pm.
Cipla (down 1.52 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 1.02 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.44 per cent) and Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.37 per cent) were the losers in the Nifty Pharma index.On the other hand, Piramal Enterprises (up 1.48 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.01 per cent), Biocon (up 0.41 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.18 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.11 per cent) were the gainers in the index.
Market sentiment was positive amid mixed global cues.Buying in heavyweights Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services, Larsen Toubro and Hero MotoCorp were keeping equity benchmarks in the green.
The NSE Nifty50 index was up 54 points at 10,804, while the BSE Sensex was up 187 points at 35,761.
Among the 50 stocks in Nifty index, 31 were trading in green, while 19 were in red.
HPCL, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Indian Oil Corporation and Grasim Industries were among the top gainers in the Nifty index.However, Tech Mahindra, Cipla, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Bharti Infratel and Sun Pharma were leading among the Nifty losers.