Market sinks by 0.93% in afternoon trading.
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 2518 stocks traded today, 543 were gainers and 1842 were losers.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include UCO Bank (31.75 3.59%), Rajesh Exports Limited (754.55 2.35%) and HCL Technologies Limited (887.00 1.94%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Jindal Steel & Power Limited (143.40 -5.50%), Reliance Capital Limited (678.40 -5.48%) and National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) (77.95 -5.00%).
Movers and Shakers
22 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (21.55 6.95%), UCO Bank (31.75 3.59%) and Dena Bank (31.90 2.90%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Triveni Turbine Limited (134.50 -4.64%), Blue Star Limited (749.40 -4.33%) and Bajaj Finance Limited (1863.30 -2.78%).
The Indian Hotels Company Limited (112.90 -1.27%) was trading at 30.7 times of weekly average. Amara Raja Batteries Limited (771.00 -0.34%) and Ramkrishna Forgings Limited (546.60 2.17%) were trading with volumes 14.8 and 13.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
4 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 5 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Bombay Dyeing & Mfg Company Limited (213.15 0.14%), Hatsun Agro Product Limited (682.25 4.00%) and Jindal Saw Limited (119.40 -0.21%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - 8K Miles Software Services Limited (383.65 -1.15%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited (1042.40 -1.85%).
2 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (21.55 6.95%) and Eros International Media Limited (215.40 4.16%). 10 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limited (135.80 -3.79%) and Steel Authority of India Limited (58.80 -3.69%).