Pharma shares were in the limelight in morning trade on Wednesday. At 11.40 am Cipla led the pack on the NSE as well, trading at Rs 608.80, a gain of 3.13 per cent on its overnight close at Rs 590.35.

Hindustan Unilever was up 3.02 per cent at Rs 860.20. The share ended the overnight session at Rs 834.95.

Bharti Airtel dialled gains of 2.03 per cent at Rs 422.7. The share had ended the previous session at Rs 414.3.

Tata Steel spiked up 1.85 per cent at Rs 299.9 as against Rs 294.45 on Tuesday evening.

Dr Reddy’s Labs was trading at Rs 3,339.80. This represented a gain of 1.62 per cent on its previous close at Rs 3,286.60.