Nifty 50 was trading at 11440.30 (12, 0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 38461.95 (-44.1, -0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9267.60 (13.8, 0.2%)

Market breadth is neutral. Of the 1620 stocks traded today, 752 were in the positive territory and 775 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include General Insurance Corporation of India (245.50, 13.03%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (265.25, 5.80%) and SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (886.10, 5.73%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (82.50, -8.94%), Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (178.85, -5.42%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (300.55, -5.07%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Inox Wind Ltd. (37.10, 17.41%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (238.45, 17.09%) and The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (109.30, 15.17%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was ITD Cementation India Ltd. (36.45, -6.30%).

General Insurance Corporation of India (245.50, 13.03%) was trading at 43.7 times of weekly average. Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd. (174.35, 5.89%) and GIC Housing Finance Ltd. (139.85, 5.87%) were trading with volumes 9.3 and 5.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

5 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 22 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (1038.75, 2.27%), Siemens Ltd. (1608.00, 1.01%) and HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. (612.70, 3.37%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Allahabad Bank (24.70, -0.80%) and BASF India Ltd. (935.00, 0.35%).

13 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including General Insurance Corporation of India (245.50, 13.03%) and Sunteck Realty Ltd. (435.40, 4.04%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including AIA Engineering Ltd. (1691.00, -1.37%) and SJVN Ltd. (24.55, -1.01%).