The Indian Markets shed initial gains in a volatile trade and fell significantly in the afternoon session, following sell-off in IT, capital goods, oil and gas and auto sectors, despite positive global cues. However, stocks from metals and consumer durables sector managed to stay in the green.
The BSE-Sensex is trading down by 188 points while the 50 share NSE-Nifty is also trading lower by 40 points. S&P BSE Midcap is trading up by 0.6% while S&P BSE Smallcap is trading flat.
Oil and Gas stocks have underperformed today with Cairn India and ONGC bearing the biggest brunt. According to leading financial times, the government has decided to exempt state-owned ONGC and Oil India from paying for LPG subsidies in the current fiscal. The announcement comes as a big boost to domestic oil and gas exploration. After diesel price was deregulated in October 2014, the subsidy sharing was limited to LPG and kerosene. The Finance Ministry will pay Rs 53.2 bn in fuel subsidy for the January-March 2015 quarter, effectively meeting all revenue retailer losses on selling domestic LPG and kerosene at government-controlled rates.
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