Nifty 50 closed at 10030.75 (-30.8, -0.3%) , BSE Sensex closed at 33980.70 (-128.8, -0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 8189.90 (-13.1, -0.2%). Market breadth is neutral. Of the 1621 stocks traded today, 796 were on the uptick, and 771 were down.
BPCL says that the impact of Covid19 has been most significant for the company in the months of April and May 2020, due to lockdowns and sharp fall in demand.
Markets continue with a topsy turvy trading day. CreditAccess Grameen and Jubilant Life are among top gainers.
HDFC Securities is a Sell on VGuard, citing volume decline and weak outlook.
Markets are volatile today, opening lower before gaining Nifty 50 was trading at 10037.70 (-23.9, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 34050.55 (-59.0, -0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 8188.50 (-14.5, -0.2%). Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1474 stocks traded today, 857 were on the uptrend, and 558 went down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include IDBI Bank Ltd. (35.05, 9.87%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1116.05, 9.07%) and Vedanta Ltd. (104.40, 7.96%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (142.60, -8.50%), Bandhan Bank Ltd. (233.45, -6.71%) and RBL Bank Ltd. (122.40, -6.39%).
Crowd Puller Stocks
19 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Inox Leisure Ltd. (269.35, 15.82%), Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (692.15, 14.02%) and Indian Overseas Bank (10.35, 10.11%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd. (102.85, -4.99%), Gayatri Projects Ltd. (14.70, -4.85%) and Future Retail Ltd. (96.10, -2.04%).
Crisil Ltd. (1466.80, 3.47%) was trading at 7.5 times of weekly average. Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (537.35, 4.99%) and Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd. (913.20, -0.53%) were trading with volumes 7.1 and 6.7 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 1 stock hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (759.45, 1.21%), Cipla Ltd. (660.55, 3.02%) and Granules India Ltd. (184.70, 1.79%).
Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Rajesh Exports Ltd. (479.20, -0.88%).
16 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including IDBI Bank Ltd. (35.05, 9.87%) and Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd. (1078.35, 8.19%). 11 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (46.15, -2.53%) and Avanti Feeds Ltd. (438.45, -2.31%).
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