Markets are trading on a low note. Nifty 50 was trading at 11525.50 (-79.1, -0.7%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 39049.45 (-253.4, -0.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9570.15 (-62.4, -0.7%)
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1654 stocks traded today, 533 were on the uptick, and 1024 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include MphasiS Ltd. (1349.00, 3.91%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4775.40, 3.19%) and Apollo Tyres Ltd. (132.65, 3.15%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Trent Ltd. (714.30, -5.44%), Hindalco Industries Ltd. (176.10, -4.19%) and DLF Ltd. (157.25, -3.73%).
Volume Shockers
11 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Nesco Ltd. (595.55, 6.78%), Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (813.15, 5.73%) and India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (269.30, 5.11%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were GMM Pfaudler Ltd. (5339.00, -8.05%) and Suprajit Engineering Ltd. (180.05, -0.08%).
DCM Shriram Ltd. (380.10, 4.25%) was trading at 5.5 times of weekly average. Jindal Saw Ltd. (71.80, 2.57%) and Nilkamal Ltd. (1338.00, 3.10%) were trading with volumes 4.5 and 3.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
19 stocks made 52 week highs,
Stocks touching their year highs included - Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4775.40, 3.19%), Info Edge (India) Ltd. (3582.55, 1.21%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2173.05, -1.47%).
8 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Jindal Saw Ltd. (71.80, 2.57%) and Oberoi Realty Ltd. (423.85, 1.81%). 13 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. (340.35, -3.38%) and Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (973.00, -2.69%).