Oil and Gas stocks edge higher
Oil and Gas stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index increasing 90.63 points or 0.6% at 15209.86 at 09:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index, Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (up 1.3%), Petronet LNG Ltd (up 1.11%),Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 0.86%),GAIL (India) Ltd (up 0.85%),Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 0.74%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 0.67%), Reliance Industries Ltd (up 0.59%), Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd (up 0.52%), and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (up 0.1%).
On the other hand, Castrol India Ltd (down 0.54%), turned lower.
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 247.63 or 0.5% at 49244.69.
The Nifty 50 index was down 70.7 points or 0.49% at 14494.15.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 66.24 points or 0.35% at 18784.42.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was down 12.13 points or 0.19% at 6316.97.
On BSE,908 shares were trading in green, 1297 were trading in red and 103 were unchanged.
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First Published: Jan 14 2021 | 10:00 AM IST