The market closed on an upbeat note. Nifty 50 closed at 11427.35 (86.2, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38506.09 (291.6, 0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9254.20 (61.6, 0.7%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1656 stocks traded today, 707 were on the uptick, and 856 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bandhan Bank Ltd. (629.25, 10.65%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (238.75, 6.09%) and JSW Energy Ltd. (63.30, 5.94%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (90.60, -9.99%), PNB Housing Finance Ltd. (435.60, -7.17%) and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (187.50, -5.21%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bandhan Bank Ltd. (629.25, 10.65%), India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (296.80, 9.76%) and Adani Transmission Ltd. (238.75, 6.09%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Va Tech Wabag Ltd. (189.60, -18.13%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (212.80, -7.50%) and KRBL Ltd. (197.70, -7.27%).

Varroc Engineering Ltd. (447.00, -0.38%) was trading at 61.7 times of weekly average. Tejas Networks Ltd. (77.45, -0.77%) and Polycab India Ltd. (700.00, 4.14%) were trading with volumes 17.3 and 11.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

4 stocks made 52 week highs, while 38 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Asian Paints Ltd. (1804.10, 0.30%), Bandhan Bank Ltd. (629.25, 10.65%) and Fine Organic Industries Ltd. (1876.00, 1.33%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (24.90, -2.73%) and Andhra Bank (15.70, -0.95%).

16 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (296.80, 9.76%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd. (154.90, 5.30%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Granules India Ltd. (96.75, -3.59%) and Greaves Cotton Ltd. (128.00, -3.36%).