Nifty 50 closed at 11483.35 (-29.1, -0.3%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38667.33 (-155.2, -0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9346.25 (-49.4, -0.5%)

Market breadth is highly negative. Of the 1673 stocks traded today, 418 showed gains, and 1183 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (6.20, 9.73%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (369.90, 5.96%) and UPL Ltd. (604.90, 3.93%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (251.00, -35.66%), Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (123.85, -19.99%) and YES Bank Ltd. (41.45, -14.97%).

Movers and Shakers

10 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Vodafone Idea Ltd. (6.20, 9.73%), Sonata Software Ltd. (329.90, 8.32%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (369.90, 5.96%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (251.00, -35.66%), Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. (222.00, -6.13%) and Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. (385.95, -0.89%).

Gayatri Projects Ltd. (111.25, 3.06%) was trading at 7.3 times of weekly average. Gujarat Gas Ltd. (176.00, 2.12%) and The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (109.10, 3.22%) were trading with volumes 4.1 and 3.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

10 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 34 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finance Ltd. (4047.00, -0.26%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (8511.10, -0.46%) and Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (435.35, -1.38%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (28.80, -2.70%) and Andhra Bank (17.15, -6.03%).

11 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Sonata Software Ltd. (329.90, 8.32%) and UPL Ltd. (604.90, 3.93%). 24 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including IndusInd Bank Ltd. (1392.55, -5.96%) and IDFC Ltd. (34.15, -5.53%).