NEW DELHI: Shares of Reliance Industries (RIL) (down 1.83 per cent), HPCL (down 0.65 per cent), Indraprastha Gas (down 0.25 per cent) and Castrol India (down 0.21 per cent) were down during afternoon trade on Friday, weighing on the oil gas index.
The BSE Oil Gas index was trading 0.13 per cent down at 14,427 around 12:50 pm.
However, shares of BPCL (up 1.40 per cent), GAIL (India) (up 0.74 per cent) and Indian Oil Corporation (up 0.59 per cent) were trading with gains.Meanwhile, shares of Petronet LNG (up 0.10 per cent), Oil India (down 0.09 per cent) and ONGC (down 0.06 per cent) were wobbly.Equity benchmarks were slightly up amid mixed global cues.
The BSE Sensex was up 44 points at 35,476, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 11 points at 10,752.In the Sensex index, 12 stocks were advancing, while 19 stocks were declining.ITC, HDFC, Mahindra Mahindra and Sun Pharma were among the top gainers in the Sensex index.On the other hand, Reliance Industries, IndusInd Bank, Tata Consultancy Services and HDFC Bank were the top drags on the Sensex index.