Energy stocks were trading in red, with the S&P BSE Energy index decreasing 41.19 points or 0.7% at 5829.51 at 13:48 IST. Among the components of the S&P BSE Energy index, Goa Carbon Ltd (down 4.15%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (down 3.47%),Aegis Logistics Ltd (down 2.71%),Gujarat Gas Ltd (down 2.6%),Confidence Petroleum India Ltd (down 1.79%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were Castrol India Ltd (down 1.31%), Hindustan Oil Exploration Company Ltd (down 1.23%), Oil & Natural Gas Corpn Ltd (down 1.17%), Selan Explorations Technology Ltd (down 0.94%), and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd (down 0.91%). On the other hand, Adani Gas Ltd (up 1.88%), Coal India Ltd (up 1.2%), and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (up 1.17%) turned up.
Energy stocks were trading in green, with the S&P BSE Energy index increasing 47.84 points or 0.79% at 6136.42 at 09:48 IST. Among the components of the S&P BSE Energy index, Reliance Industries Ltd (up 1.22%), Confidence Petroleum India Ltd (up 0.93%), Gujarat Gas Ltd (up 0.33%), Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (up 0.28%), and Castrol India Ltd (up 0.24%), were the top gainers. On the other hand, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (down 2.84%), Goa Carbon Ltd (down 2.64%), and Petronet LNG Ltd (down 2.12%) turned lower.
At 09:48 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 11.21 or 0.02% at 46949.48.
The Nifty 50 index was down 28.45 points or 0.21% at 13732.1.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was up 15.21 points or 0.09% at 17784.31.