Nifty 50 was trading at 10828.05 (30.2, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 36671.36 (108.5, 0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 8812.60 (10.3, 0.1%)
Market breadth is horizontal. Of the 1602 stocks traded today, 719 were on the uptick, and 773 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharat Electronics Ltd. (105.75, 4.86%), Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (323.35, 3.49%) and Tata Communications Ltd. (427.25, 3.14%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (415.70, -5.38%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (61.90, -5.28%) and ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd. (1138.10, -4.36%).
Volume Shockers
9 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. (422.00, 7.52%), Dr. Lal Pathlabs Ltd. (1239.50, 4.73%) and TeamLease Services Ltd. (2710.00, 1.35%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (715.25, -1.99%), Schaeffler India Ltd. (3985.20, -0.57%) and Blue Star Ltd. (706.10, -0.49%).
Trent Ltd. (452.65, 0.39%) was trading at 4.0 times of weekly average. Navin Fluorine International Ltd. (721.70, -0.01%) and Quess Corp Ltd. (470.45, 0.19%) were trading with volumes 3.9 and 3.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
2 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 21 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Abbott India Ltd. (9560.00, 1.21%) and Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd. (277.60, -1.91%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (715.25, -1.99%) and Bharat Forge Ltd. (383.35, 0.35%).
2 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including HDFC Bank Ltd. (2263.00, 2.35%) and Kalpataru Power Transmissions Ltd. (444.50, 2.24%). 14 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (415.70, -5.38%) and Shree Cements Ltd. (17442.35, -2.07%).