** Shares of Indian oil producers jump, refiners drop
** ONGC ONGC.NS and Oil India OILI.NS rise 2% and 3%, respectively
** State-run Indian Oil IOC.NS, BPCL BPCL.NS, HPCL HPCL.NS fall 3%, 3.3% and 3.5%, respectively
** Private refiner Reliance Industries RELI.NS slips 1.2%
** Crude prices soar over 10% after Israel said it struck Iran, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East and raising worries about disrupted oil supplies
** Rise in crude prices fetches upstream cos higher selling prices of oil and is a potential positive for them
** It is negative for refiners that process the raw material
** Nifty oil and gas .NIFOILGAS sub-index down 1.35% on the day, while benchmark Nifty 50 .NSEI down 1.2%
(Reporting by Hritam Mukherjee in Bengaluru)
((Hritam.Mukherjee@thomsonreuters.com;))

