Oil and Gas stocks were trading with gains, with the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index rising 100.39 points or 0.67% at 14982.81 at 09:48 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Oil&Gas index, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 2.61%), GAIL (India) Ltd (up 2.55%),Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd (up 1.21%),Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (up 1.15%),Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 1.08%), were the top gainers. Among the other gainers were Castrol India Ltd (up 0.68%), Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (up 0.59%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd (up 0.47%), and Petronet LNG Ltd (up 0.13%).
On the other hand, Reliance Industries Ltd (down 1.28%), moved lower.
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 129.43 or 0.27% at 48589.09.