Nifty 50 was trading at 12256.65 (-15.2, -0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 41554.71 (-126.8, -0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9897.35 (-8, -0.1%)
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1634 stocks traded today, 699 were on the uptick, and 824 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (294.15, 3.56%), Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (144.10, 2.20%) and Vedanta Ltd. (147.35, 2.15%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include LIC Housing Finance Ltd. (427.70, -2.80%), Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. (526.00, -2.17%) and Reliance Industries Ltd. (1568.10, -1.94%).
Movers and Shakers
10 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included GIC Housing Finance Ltd. (164.10, 6.01%), Crisil Ltd. (1894.90, 5.17%) and Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd. (63.75, 3.74%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Lux Industries Ltd. (1313.50, -6.27%), TeamLease Services Ltd. (2436.30, -1.24%) and SKF India Ltd. (2134.95, -0.95%).
DB Corp Ltd. (132.00, -0.68%) was trading at 40.1 times of weekly average. Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (1398.00, -0.16%) and BASF India Ltd. (992.45, 3.51%) were trading with volumes 24.3 and 9.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
10 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 4 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Crisil Ltd. (1894.90, 5.17%), DLF Ltd. (228.15, -1.04%) and Muthoot Finance Ltd. (747.00, 2.05%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - V Mart Retail Ltd. (1649.80, -0.01%) and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. (166.90, -0.68%).
4 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Procter & Gamble Health Ltd. (4174.05, 1.28%) and Titan Company Ltd. (1210.50, 0.72%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (131.50, -2.81%) and MOIL Ltd. (142.35, -1.28%).
