Nifty 50 closed at 11119.55 (-55.2, -0.5%) , BSE Sensex closed at 37531.98 (-141.3, -0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9034.95 (-56.7, -0.6%)
Market breadth is highly negative. Of the 1668 stocks traded today, 518 were on the uptrend, and 1052 went down.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include YES Bank Ltd. (45.35, 7.59%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (250.20, 5.64%) and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (1065.00, 4.45%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (451.00, -20.53%), Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (100.10, -9.98%) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (285.30, -9.56%).
Crowd Puller Stocks
13 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Venky's (India) Ltd. (1596.00, 6.83%), Inox Wind Ltd. (32.65, 3.82%) and National Aluminium Company Ltd. (44.60, 3.12%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (451.00, -20.53%), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (285.30, -9.56%) and Indiabulls Integrated Services Ltd. (105.50, -5.00%).
Can Fin Homes Ltd. (382.20, -2.74%) was trading at 7.7 times of weekly average. Heritage Foods Ltd. (361.40, 0.43%) and Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (270.00, -0.50%) were trading with volumes 4.7 and 4.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
2 stocks made 52 week highs, while 37 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Whirlpool of India Ltd. (1996.00, 3.48%) and Adani Green Energy Ltd. (68.00, 4.37%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Aegis Logistics Ltd. (162.50, -6.53%) and Allahabad Bank (26.60, -2.21%).
11 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Britannia Industries Ltd. (2955.00, 3.86%) and Mahanagar Gas Ltd. (891.60, 1.55%). 19 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (392.00, -4.37%) and Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (100.70, -4.28%).