Nifty 50 was trading at 11248.90 (-65.1, -0.6%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37971.15 (-135.7, -0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9150.20 (-48.2, -0.5%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1606 stocks traded today, 627 were on the uptick, and 886 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2214.70, 4.37%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (69.90, 3.33%) and City Union Bank Ltd. (217.55, 2.98%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (109.25, -5.53%), Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (251.95, -5.34%) and Federal Bank Ltd. (85.05, -4.22%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included UCO Bank (12.45, 8.26%), Himatsingka Seide Ltd. (141.00, 5.86%) and Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd. (45.55, 4.95%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (39.45, -4.94%), NLC India Ltd. (54.10, -3.57%) and Jagran Prakashan Ltd. (60.90, -2.25%).

Essel Propack Ltd. (114.95, 0.57%) was trading at 41.4 times of weekly average. Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (3549.85, 0.70%) and Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (543.00, 3.25%) were trading with volumes 12.7 and 10.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

3 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 8 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (518.00, -2.56%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (1954.00, 0.07%) and Adani Green Energy Ltd. (64.75, 5.80%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - eClerx Services Ltd. (405.10, -2.49%) and Grasim Industries Ltd. (659.05, -3.03%).

7 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (543.00, 3.25%) and Laurus Labs Ltd. (358.55, 0.73%). 14 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Engineers India Ltd. (108.65, -3.16%) and ACC Ltd. (1507.30, -2.49%).