Energy shares fall

Energy stocks were trading in the negative zone, with the S&P BSE Energy index falling 98.44 points or 1.4% at 6938.56 at 13:49 IST.

Among the components of the S&P BSE Energy index, Adani Total Gas Ltd (down 5%), Aegis Logistics Ltd (down 2.64%),Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (down 1.58%),Reliance Industries Ltd (down 1.41%),Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (down 1.11%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Coal India Ltd (down 1.04%), Petronet LNG Ltd (down 0.85%), Gujarat Gas Ltd (down 0.71%), Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd (down 0.69%), and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (down 0.62%).

On the other hand, Selan Explorations Technology Ltd (up 5.03%), Oil India Ltd (up 2.03%), and Goa Carbon Ltd (up 1.75%) moved up.

At 13:49 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 423.87 or 0.81% at 52729.95.

The Nifty 50 index was up 109.8 points or 0.7% at 15796.75.

The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 22.23 points or 0.09% at 24930.39.

The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 12.25 points or 0.16% at 7713.91.

On BSE,1474 shares were trading in green, 1641 were trading in red and 142 were unchanged.

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