Markets rose in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 11316.25 (189.9, 1.7%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38177.95 (646.0, 1.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9179.80 (139.2, 1.5%)

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1654 stocks traded today, 815 were on the uptrend, and 747 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (5.85, 13.59%), Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (109.20, 9.09%) and Ashok Leyland Ltd. (68.85, 6.91%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (72.65, -7.39%), Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (1385.25, -6.56%) and YES Bank Ltd. (43.50, -4.71%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Raymond Ltd. (609.50, 11.51%), Century Textiles & Industries Ltd. (920.40, 6.71%) and Century Plyboards (India) Ltd. (166.50, 6.39%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Tata Elxsi Ltd. (636.85, -6.38%), Titan Company Ltd. (1227.35, -2.51%) and Birla Corporation Ltd. (526.60, -2.26%).

FDC Ltd. (166.35, -0.72%) was trading at 7.3 times of weekly average. Nesco Ltd. (568.00, 0.23%) and Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd. (211.40, 0.81%) were trading with volumes 6.0 and 5.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

4 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 38 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (450.00, 3.37%), Siemens Ltd. (1590.20, 4.52%) and Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2058.00, 3.06%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (26.55, -0.19%) and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (192.15, 3.33%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Century Textiles & Industries Ltd. (920.40, 6.71%) and Century Plyboards (India) Ltd. (166.50, 6.39%). 8 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including HCL Technologies Ltd. (1051.15, -2.16%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (862.30, -1.47%).