NEW DELHI: Gains in shares of Oil India (up 2.03 per cent), Castrol India (up 1.13 per cent) and Reliance Industries (RIL) (up 0.95 per cent) were keeping the oil & gas index in the green during afternoon trade on Tuesday.
The BSE Oil & Gas index was trading 0.32 per cent up at 14,662 around 12:50 pm.
Shares of BPCL (up 0.40 per cent), HPCL (up 0.32 per cent), ONGC (up 0.12 per cent) and Indian Oil Corporation (up 0.09 per cent) were also in the green.
On the other hand, Indraprastha Gas (down 1.33 per cent), Petronet LNG (down 0.36 per cent) and GAIL (India) (down 0.09 per cent) were under pressure around that time.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 200 points at 35,684, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 55 points at 10,842.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 35 were trading in the green, while 15 were in the red.
In the Sensex index, 24 stocks were advancing and 7 were declining in trade.
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories was leading the pack of Sensex gainers, rising over 4 per cent.
On the other hand, Power Grid, Coal India, Tata Steel and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.
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