Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 closed at 11656.75 (70.4, 0.6%) , BSE Sensex closed at 39298.38 (246.3, 0.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9476.10 (85.1, 0.9%)

Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1652 stocks traded today, 1141 were in the positive territory and 415 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (53.95, 20.96%), Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (236.75, 19.60%) and PNB Housing Finance Ltd. (483.35, 17.67%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd. (48.70, -5.44%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (250.30, -5.35%) and 3M India Ltd. (21730.00, -5.03%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (53.95, 20.96%), Hindustan Copper Ltd. (38.75, 19.97%) and MMTC Ltd. (18.45, 18.27%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd. (48.70, -5.44%), 3M India Ltd. (21730.00, -5.03%) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (49.50, -4.99%).

Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. (19.00, -4.76%) was trading at 147.2 times of weekly average. Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd. (920.00, -0.63%) and KPR Mill Ltd. (608.00, 7.71%) were trading with volumes 34.5 and 16.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

27 stocks made 52 week highs, while 7 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Atul Ltd. (4194.10, -0.34%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (4129.90, 0.56%) and Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (498.80, 2.53%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (291.95, -0.95%) and Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (11.15, -4.70%).

37 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Birla Corporation Ltd. (589.55, 8.49%) and KPR Mill Ltd. (608.00, 7.71%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including 3M India Ltd. (21730.00, -5.03%) and Sunteck Realty Ltd. (401.05, -3.54%).