Sensex is flat in afternoon trading, and market breadth is even. Of the 2593 stocks traded today, 1028 were on the uptrend, and 1403 went down. Result announcements are driving gainers and losers, with Tech Mahindra up after a decent performance, and Godrej Consumer Products down after missing estimates.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Tech Mahindra Limited (403.60 4.76%), United Spirits Limited (2627.90 3.87%) and Voltas Limited (522.40 3.70%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Godrej Consumer Products Limited (960.65 -7.16%), Siemens Limited (1403.50 -3.33%) and Shree Cements Limited (18167.55 -3.11%).
Volume Shockers
13 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (413.55 6.75%), DCM Shriram Limited (389.90 5.86%) and Tech Mahindra Limited (403.60 4.76%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were The Phoenix Mills Limited (481.00 -2.17%), Coromandel International Limited (439.05 -2.15%) and Procter & Gamble Hygiene and Health Care Limited (8040.00 -0.41%).
Torrent Power Limited (183.55 0.91%) was trading at 19.3 times of weekly average. The Indian Hotels Company Limited (126.15 1.57%) and Trent Limited (277.00 3.45%) were trading with volumes 16.9 and 8.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
30 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 4 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (403.55 1.91%), Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited (1887.30 -1.67%) and Ashok Leyland Limited (109.85 0.18%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - CRISIL Limited (1844.00 -0.86%) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited (2443.00 2.41%).
4 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Jindal Poly Films Limited (387.25 2.42%) and Shilpa Medicare Limited (666.05 1.52%). 9 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Essel Propack Limited (240.55 -2.22%) and Greenply Industries Limited (271.15 -1.76%).
Photo: Niyantha Sekhar
