Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 2628 stocks traded today, 922 were on the uptick, and 1559 were down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Biocon Limited (402.20 9.70%), Aurobindo Pharma Limited (735.00 4.32%) and CESC Limited (897.40 3.53%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) (70.95 -2.41%), Just Dial Limited (359.15 -2.13%) and Jaiprakash Associates Limited (20.80 -2.12%).
Volume Rockets
10 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Ramco Systems Limited (378.00 9.47%), Praj Industries Limited (82.70 7.06%) and Syngene International Limited (499.30 5.90%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were The Phoenix Mills Limited (510.00 -5.78%), Videocon Industries Limited (30.40 -4.85%) and Ramkrishna Forgings Limited (523.35 -3.08%).
TV18 Broadcast Limited (41.70 1.96%) was trading at 7.3 times of weekly average. Astral Poly Technik Limited (667.00 -1.04%) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (979.45 1.87%) were trading with volumes 4.2 and 3.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
19 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 3 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (375.20 0.01%), Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited (1887.30 -1.67%) and Bajaj Finance Limited (1480.60 -0.19%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - S.E. Investments Limited (157.55 5.03%) and Sunrise Asian Limited (2.21 -1.78%).
4 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Ramco Systems Limited (378.00 9.47%) and Praj Industries Limited (82.70 7.06%). 5 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Den Networks Limited (80.45 -1.65%) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (21.40 -1.15%).