The Nifty Pharma index was trading 0.19 per cent up at 8,223 around 01:55 pm with shares of Aurobindo Pharma (up 1.41 per cent), Divi's Laboratories (up 1.07 per cent) and Biocon (up 0.88 per cent) as top gainers.
Shares of Cipla (up 0.34 per cent), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (up 0.30 per cent), Lupin (up 0.16 per cent), Cadila Healthcare (up 0.13 per cent) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (up 0.12 per cent) were also in the green.
However, Piramal Enterprises (down 0.75 per cent) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (down 0.22 per cent) were in the red around the same time.
Market was treading higher on across the board buying, led by oil, metal, auto, utilities, telecom and IT.
Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was up 90 points at 10,604, while the BSE Sensex was up 248 points at 34,911.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 43 were trading in the green, while 7 were in the red.
Hindalco Industries, ONGC and Tata Steel were among the top Nifty gainers.
However, State Bank of India, Bharti Infratel and Coal India were among the top losers in the Nifty index.
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