Oil and Gas stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index rising 416.87 points or 1.5% at 28250.01 at 09:46 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index, Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 3.91%), Linde India Ltd (up 2.51%),GAIL (India) Ltd (up 1.84%),Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 1.67%),Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (up 1.67%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 1.59%), Reliance Industries Ltd (up 1.51%), Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd (up 0.43%), and Petronet LNG Ltd (up 0.27%).