India's ONGC, Oil India gain as crude oil prices rise

Oil India

19/02/2026 04:18

** Indian upstream oil companies ONGC ONGC.NS, Oil India OILI.NS rise 2.1% and 2.9%, respectively

** Oil prices rose 4% on Wednesday as traders priced in potential supply disruptions amid concerns of U.S.-Iran conflict O/R

** Downstream firms like Indian Oil Corp IOC.NS, Hindustan Petroleum Corp HPCL.NS, BPCL BPCL.NS lose between 0.8% and 1.5%

** Higher oil prices weigh on margins of oil marketing cos

** YTD, ONGC rises ~12.3%, OILI gains ~10%

 (Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru)

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