Nifty 50 closed at 11005.10 (58.9, 0.5%) , BSE Sensex closed at 37162.67 (180.9, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 8971.75 (51.4, 0.6%)
Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1664 stocks traded today, 1037 were on the uptick, and 544 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (27660.00, 8.87%), RBL Bank Ltd. (361.15, 7.34%) and Tata Power Company Ltd. (61.50, 5.67%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (151.00, -3.94%), SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (807.95, -3.30%) and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (188.85, -2.73%).
Movers and Shakers
37 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Shankara Building Products Ltd. (441.00, 20.00%), Rain Industries Ltd. (105.95, 19.99%) and Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (426.70, 10.74%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Somany Ceramics Ltd. (228.70, -19.99%), Suzlon Energy Ltd. (2.80, -12.50%) and Equitas Holdings Ltd. (108.35, -6.64%).
Blue Dart Express Ltd. (2332.00, 4.61%) was trading at 73.3 times of weekly average. Eveready Industries India Ltd. (70.50, -4.99%) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1327.10, 3.81%) were trading with volumes 20.6 and 10.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
11 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 5 stocks hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Abbott India Ltd. (9950.00, 2.30%), Bata India Ltd. (1559.85, 1.20%) and Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (977.20, 10.39%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Corporation Bank (16.85, -1.17%) and Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. (35.30, -2.89%).
21 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Jindal Stainless Ltd. (34.40, 9.38%) and Pfizer Ltd. (3185.40, 5.43%). 9 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (25.70, -9.82%) and Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (1005.10, -2.71%).
