NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading higher in Wednesday's session with their sectoral index trading up.

Shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 2.22 per cent) , Biocon (up 1.82 per cent) , Cadila Healthcare (up 1.76 per cent) , Torrent Pharmaceuticals (up 1.68 per cent) , Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 1.03 per cent) , Cipla (up 0.26 per cent) and Lupin (up 0.24 per cent) were among the top gainers.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.72 per cent up at 9997.9 around 12:01PM.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 21.55 points at 9935.55, while the BSE Sensex was up 72.14 points at 33677.36.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 26 were trading in the green, while 23 were in the red.

Shares of Vodafone Idea, Tata Motors, SBI, BHEL, Axis Bank, PNB, RBL Bank Ltd., IDFC First Bank Ltd., Bank of Baroda and IndusInd Bank were among the most traded shares on the NSE.