Nifty 50 closed at 11587.85 (-12.4, -0.1%) , BSE Sensex closed at 39097.14 (7.1, 0.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9475.65 (-11.0, -0.1%)
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1656 stocks traded today, 708 were in the positive territory and 864 were negative.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include IDBI Bank Ltd. (34.25, 10.66%), Muthoot Finance Ltd. (687.60, 6.60%) and Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (3692.00, 4.37%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (116.00, -5.61%), Sun TV Network Ltd. (473.40, -5.19%) and Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1174.05, -4.97%).
Volume Shockers
37 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (108.80, 14.95%), Rites Ltd. (261.05, 9.16%) and Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (107.65, 6.43%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were ITD Cementation India Ltd. (54.55, -9.39%), Triveni Turbine Ltd. (102.50, -3.57%) and Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. (57.70, -3.35%).
Thomas Cook (India) Ltd. (151.00, -1.05%) was trading at 17.9 times of weekly average. Security and Intelligence Services (India) Ltd. (865.50, -1.22%) and Prism Johnson Ltd. (89.45, 0.22%) were trading with volumes 10.2 and 8.1 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
25 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 4 stocks hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Abbott India Ltd. (10830.05, 1.06%), Akzo Nobel India Ltd. (1905.00, -1.80%) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (457.70, 1.52%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Indian Bank (147.35, -3.06%) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (280.80, 3.39%).
89 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Swan Energy Ltd. (110.20, 9.60%) and Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (107.65, 6.43%). 24 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including SJVN Ltd. (24.60, -5.38%) and Engineers India Ltd. (111.80, -5.17%).