Nifty 50 was trading at 11649.90 (63.6, 0.6%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 39238.47 (186.4, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9465.45 (74.5, 0.8%)

Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1623 stocks traded today, 1129 were on the uptrend, and 404 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (55.05, 23.43%), NBCC (India) Ltd. (37.70, 9.91%) and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (216.55, 9.40%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include 3M India Ltd. (21999.00, -3.86%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (257.30, -2.70%) and Bandhan Bank Ltd. (557.10, -2.01%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (55.05, 23.43%), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (37.45, 15.94%) and Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (1613.00, 7.59%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. (19.00, -4.76%), Indiabulls Integrated Services Ltd. (70.50, -4.54%) and 3M India Ltd. (21999.00, -3.86%).

MOIL Ltd. (142.00, 6.41%) was trading at 11.9 times of weekly average. KPR Mill Ltd. (601.35, 6.53%) and Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd. (463.85, 0.24%) were trading with volumes 11.8 and 10.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

24 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 6 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Atul Ltd. (4221.10, 0.30%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (4147.00, 0.98%) and Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (494.65, 1.68%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (299.95, 1.76%) and Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (11.65, -0.43%).

26 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including KPR Mill Ltd. (601.35, 6.53%) and Birla Corporation Ltd. (570.05, 4.90%). 5 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including 3M India Ltd. (21999.00, -3.86%) and Sunteck Realty Ltd. (402.25, -3.25%).