NEW DELHI: The BSE Oil Gas index was trading 0.5 per cent up at 14,406 around 12:45 pm (IST) on Monday, backed by gains in HPCL (up 2.06 per cent) and BPCL (up 1.39 per cent).Shares of GAIL (India) (up 0.95 per cent), Reliance Industries (up 0.89 per cent), Indian Oil Corporation (up 0.72 per cent) and Oil India (up 0.61 per cent) were also trading with gains.
However, shares of Petronet LNG (down 1.19 per cent), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (down 0.66 per cent), Indraprastha Gas (down 0.17 per cent) and Castrol India (down 0.10 per cent) were trading in the negative zone around the same time.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 147 points at 34,563, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 53 points at 10,617.
Among the 31 stocks in the Sensex index, 19 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.
IndusInd Bank, Tata Consultancy Services and YES Bank were leading the pack of Sensex gainers.On the other hand, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Coal India were among the top losers in the Sensex kitty.