NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading in the positive zone in Friday's session with their sectoral index trading higher.
Shares of Dr Reddy's Laboratories (up 3.37 per cent), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 2.49 per cent), Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 2.25 per cent), Biocon (up 2.19 per cent), Lupin (up 1.72 per cent), Divis Laboratories (up 1.56 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.26 per cent), Alkem Laboratories (up 0.84 per cent), Cipla (up 0.47 per cent) and Cadila Healthcare (up 0.16 per cent) were among the top gainers.
The Nifty Pharma index was trading 1.84 per cent up at 9316.15 around 12:09PM .
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 129.50 points at 9328.55 , while the BSE Sensex was up 470.42 points at 31913.8 .
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 37 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.
Shares of Vodafone Idea, RBL Bank Ltd., RIL, ICICI Bank, SBI, Ashok Leyland, BHEL, Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank and Zee Ent. were among the most traded shares on the NSE.