Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 closed at 11299.90 (65.4, 0.6%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38127.08 (246.7, 0.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9157.15 (44.4, 0.5%)

Market breadth is horizontal. Of the 1651 stocks traded today, 747 were in the positive territory and 807 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bandhan Bank Ltd. (581.20, 14.71%), GRUH Finance Ltd. (302.25, 10.78%) and Cipla Ltd. (442.05, 4.71%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include RBL Bank Ltd. (264.55, -8.30%), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (436.50, -6.16%) and PNB Housing Finance Ltd. (504.00, -5.24%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bandhan Bank Ltd. (581.20, 14.71%), Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (25.85, 12.64%) and GRUH Finance Ltd. (302.25, 10.78%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. (60.80, -5.52%), Heritage Foods Ltd. (326.10, -2.17%) and Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd. (232.30, -1.15%).

Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (435.00, 3.03%) was trading at 56.6 times of weekly average. AIA Engineering Ltd. (1678.10, 3.37%) and Ircon International Ltd. (379.50, 2.68%) were trading with volumes 13.8 and 12.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

5 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 41 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (480.00, 2.27%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (384.45, 1.91%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (372.95, 0.63%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (25.90, -2.45%) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (436.50, -6.16%).

11 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Bandhan Bank Ltd. (581.20, 14.71%) and Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation Ltd. (1110.00, 3.84%). 18 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (143.30, -3.31%) and PNC Infratech Ltd. (166.95, -1.85%).