NEW DELHI: Gains in shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 2.82 per cent) and Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.34 per cent) were keeping the Nifty Pharma index up during Thursday's trade.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.37 per cent up at 8,876 around 01:15 pm (IST).

Shares of Divi's Laboratories (up 0.91 per cent) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.56 per cent) were also trading with gains.

However, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 2.27 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (down 1.87 per cent), Piramal Enterprises (down 1.60 per cent), Cipla (down 0.71 per cent), Lupin (down 0.41 per cent) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (down 0.28 per cent) were in the red in the pharma index around that time.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was down 38 points at 10,359, while the BSE Sensex was 113 points down at 33,732.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 14 were trading in the green, while 36 were in the red.

Sun Pharma, Aurobindo Pharma, Adani Ports SEZ, Indiabulls Housing Finance and HCL Technologies were among the top gainers in the Nifty pack of stocks.

However, BPCL, Dr Reddy's Labs, ONGC, GAIL and Ambuja Cements were among the top losers in the Nifty50 index.