Oil and Gas shares gain
Oil and Gas stocks were trading in the positive zone, with the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index rising 257.33 points or 1.6% at 16319.71 at 09:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index, Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd (up 4.44%), GAIL (India) Ltd (up 3.36%),Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (up 1.58%),Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 1.55%),Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 1.37%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 0.77%), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (up 0.64%), Reliance Industries Ltd (up 0.38%), and Petronet LNG Ltd (up 0.2%).
On the other hand, Castrol India Ltd (down 0.48%), moved lower.
