NEW DELHI: The BSE Oil & Gas index was trading 1.11 per cent up at 15,554 around 11:55 am (IST) on Monday, with shares of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) (up 2.24 per cent) and Castrol India (up 1.74 per cent) as top gainers.

Shares of Indian Oil Corporation (up 1.68 per cent), Oil India (up 1.28 per cent), GAIL (India) (up 1.27 per cent), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) (up 1.09 per cent), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (up 0.89 per cent), Reliance Industries (up 0.60 per cent), Indraprastha Gas (up 0.46 per cent) and Petronet LNG (up 0.10 per cent) were also trading with gains in the sectoral index around that time.

Equity markets were up on buying in realty, auto, industrials, capital goods, oil & gas, basic materials, banks, financials, energy and metal counters amid higher Asian cues.

Buying by domestic institutional investors (DIIs) and a strengthening rupee supported the market sentiment.

Benchmark NSE Nifty50 index was 69 points up at 10,560, while the BSE Sensex was 238 points up at 34,380.

Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty50 index, 38 were trading in the green, while 12 were in the red.

Tata Motors, IndusInd Bank, Adani Ports and Larsen & Toubro were among the top gainers in the Sensex kitty of stocks.

Sun Pharma, Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys were among the top losers in the Sensex index.