Markets fell in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 11245.50 (-67.8, -0.6%) , BSE Sensex closed at 37880.40 (-297.6, -0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9118.55 (-59.4, -0.7%)
Market breadth is sharply down. Of the 1650 stocks traded today, 516 were gainers and 1057 were losers.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bandhan Bank Ltd. (505.90, 5.28%), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (6.15, 5.13%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (376.45, 4.74%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (192.50, -19.72%), Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (98.35, -9.73%) and National Aluminium Company Ltd. (41.45, -7.68%).
Movers and Shakers
17 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bandhan Bank Ltd. (505.90, 5.28%), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (6.15, 5.13%) and Wockhardt Ltd. (250.00, 5.02%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (14.05, -12.73%), Cera Sanitaryware Ltd. (2469.95, -1.57%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (856.05, -0.94%).
Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (853.25, -0.39%) was trading at 41.1 times of weekly average. Carborundum Universal Ltd. (289.90, -0.45%) and DB Corp Ltd. (143.75, 1.48%) were trading with volumes 35.5 and 19.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
6 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 34 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (467.00, 3.80%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (376.45, 4.74%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (370.85, 2.63%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (462.90, -2.42%) and Bank of Maharashtra (10.40, -3.70%).
7 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Welspun Corp Ltd. (129.55, 2.74%) and Adani Gas Ltd. (138.90, 2.09%). 14 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Century Textiles & Industries Ltd. (882.00, -4.58%) and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (1081.10, -3.78%).
