Nifty 50 was trading at 12157.45 (-43.8, -0.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 41370.35 (-195.6, -0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 10004.55 (-32.6, -0.3%)
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1608 stocks traded today, 617 were gainers and 893 were losers.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Torrent Power Ltd. (331.15, 9.06%), YES Bank Ltd. (37.85, 7.53%) and IDBI Bank Ltd. (36.70, 5.61%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Natco Pharma Ltd. (669.70, -5.51%), NMDC Ltd. (110.15, -3.92%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (501.20, -3.78%).
Crowd Puller Stocks
7 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Venky's (India) Ltd. (1513.00, 10.79%), Torrent Power Ltd. (331.15, 9.06%) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (173.95, 4.98%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. (19.75, -4.82%), Jyothy Labs Ltd. (134.90, -4.46%) and Vardhman Textiles Ltd. (1008.00, -0.56%).
Phoenix Mills Ltd. (891.65, 1.09%) was trading at 4.9 times of weekly average.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
19 stocks made 52 week highs, while 16 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (1444.90, 3.31%), Escorts Ltd. (886.50, 0.88%) and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. (9705.45, 0.37%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (15.35, 0.66%) and BASF India Ltd. (883.75, -0.94%).
5 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including eClerx Services Ltd. (629.95, 2.22%) and SKF India Ltd. (2055.00, 1.63%). 16 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (99.95, -3.24%) and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (23.15, -3.14%).
