The Closer: End Of Day update, Oct 04, 2019

Gloom in markets in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 11169.90 (-144.1, -1.3%) , BSE Sensex closed at 37673.31 (-433.6, -1.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9080.25 (-118.2, -1.3%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1651 stocks traded today, 547 were in the positive territory and 1017 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2255.90, 6.31%), NHPC Ltd. (22.70, 3.42%) and City Union Bank Ltd. (217.95, 3.17%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (244.30, -8.21%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (235.25, -6.48%) and Sun TV Network Ltd. (460.50, -5.07%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included UCO Bank (12.40, 7.83%), Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2255.90, 6.31%) and Himatsingka Seide Ltd. (141.00, 5.86%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (270.60, -5.47%), Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd. (41.35, -4.72%) and Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (39.95, -3.73%).

Essel Propack Ltd. (114.95, 0.57%) was trading at 43.8 times of weekly average. Solar Industries India Ltd. (1079.00, -1.52%) and Westlife Development Ltd. (300.00, 4.77%) were trading with volumes 18.8 and 17.4 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 13 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (514.00, -3.31%), Whirlpool of India Ltd. (1929.85, -1.16%) and Adani Green Energy Ltd. (64.35, 5.15%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (27.20, -1.45%) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (45.85, -2.86%).

6 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (555.45, 5.62%) and Laurus Labs Ltd. (351.00, -1.39%). 23 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Just Dial Ltd. (609.55, -7.90%) and Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (104.00, -4.01%).