NEW DELHI: Gains in Piramal Enterprises (up 2.52 per cent), Cipla (up 2.01 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.83 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (up 1.08 per cent) were keeping the Nifty Pharma index up in afternoon trade on Tuesday.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.53 per cent up at 9,279 around 02:35 pm (IST).

However, stocks such as Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.69 per cent), Lupin (down 0.28 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 0.18 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.05 per cent) were trading as the losers in the Nifty Pharma index around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 58 points at 10,446, while the BSE Sensex was 187 points up at 33,789.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 33 were trading in the green, while 17 were in the red.

Shares of SAIL, REC, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, PFC, ICICI Bank, PowerGrid, Vedanta Ltd, Bank of Baroda and Ashok Leyland were among the most traded stocks on the National Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

In the Nifty 50 index, Hero MotoCorp, UPL, Maruti Suzuki, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Auto and Mahindra & Mahindra were among the top gainers.

However, HCL Tech, Wipro, Infosys, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, HDFC and Sun Pharma were trading among the losers.