Markets closed on a low note. Nifty 50 closed at 11367.35 (-107.1, -0.9%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38305.41 (-361.9, -0.9%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9243.30 (-97.6, -1.0%)

Market breadth is moving down. Of the 1648 stocks traded today, 351 showed gains, and 1215 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (282.50, 10.39%), NMDC Ltd. (97.00, 9.36%) and Container Corporation of India Ltd. (643.00, 6.32%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include YES Bank Ltd. (32.20, -22.22%), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (5.45, -11.38%) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (236.50, -10.92%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainer on BSE included Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (517.10, 1.51%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were YES Bank Ltd. (32.20, -22.22%), Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd. (217.00, -8.67%) and RBL Bank Ltd. (302.55, -8.00%).

TV Today Network Ltd. (304.25, -2.14%) was trading at 11.5 times of weekly average. NLC India Ltd. (56.10, -1.75%) and Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (241.15, -1.83%) were trading with volumes 4.2 and 3.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

5 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 49 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Abbott India Ltd. (11001.00, 3.82%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (492.90, 4.85%) and Container Corporation of India Ltd. (643.00, 6.32%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (27.65, -3.66%) and Andhra Bank (16.75, -2.33%).

7 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (6790.00, 1.10%) and Adani Gas Ltd. (130.20, 0.77%). 39 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd. (217.00, -8.67%) and Sonata Software Ltd. (313.50, -5.27%).