Among the top gainers during the morning session, pharma stock held firm to stay ahead of the pack on the BSE near the close on Tuesday.
At 2.35 pm Sun Pharma Industries was up 1.47 per cent at Rs 841 as against Rs 828.80 at close yesterday.
Dr Reddy’s Labs came off its morning levels to quote at Rs 3,333.10 as against Rs 3,314.80 at close on Monday. This was a gain of 0.55 per cent.
TCS shed most of its morning gains to quote at Rs 2,523.70. This represented a gain of 0.40 per cent on its overnight close at Rs 2,513.70.
M&M rode up 0.37 per cent to trade at Rs 1,256.10. The share had closed Monday's session at Rs 1,251.45.
HDFC Bank edged up 0.17 per cent at Rs 929.10. The share had closed the overnight session at Rs 927.5.