NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading mixed in Tuesday's morning session with their sectoral index trading higher. Shares of Cadila Healthcare (up 1.55 per cent), Cipla (up 1.07 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.85 per cent) and Divi's Laboratories (up 0.80 per cent) were trading higher. Piramal Enterprises (down 1.98 per cent), Aurobindo Pharma (down 0.28 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (down 0.11 per cent) were trading with losses.

The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.18 per cent up at 8246.85 around 10:16 am.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 36.20 points at 11,624.55 while the BSE Sensex was up 115.20 points at 39,011.91.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Shares of YES Bank, Dish TV India, Ashok Leyland, Vodafone Idea, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Tata Motors, Bank of Baroda, SAIL, PNB and SBI were among the most traded securities on the NSE.