NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the positive zone with the Nifty Pharma index up 0.52 per cent at 8771.65 on Monday.

Shares of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 3.06 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.47 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 0.88 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.83 per cent) were the top performers in the index.

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (up 0.82 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 0.66 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.20 per cent) too were trading in the green.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 65.25 points at 10,870.7 while BSE Sensex was up 288.66 points at 36251.59.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 were trading in the green, while 13 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Vedanta, Tata Motors, NTPC, ICICI Bank, Indian Oil Corp, SAIL, PowerGrid and ONGC were among most traded securities on the NSE.