Indian markets slumped today. Nifty 50 was trading at 11882.65 (-58.7, -0.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40101.51 (-200.5, -0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9674.50 (-57.9, -0.6%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1624 stocks traded today, 533 were gainers and 1002 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Varun Beverages Ltd. (696.65, 10.23%), Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (116.65, 5.00%) and Quess Corp Ltd. (512.70, 3.52%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (4.20, -6.67%), Bharat Electronics Ltd. (112.95, -5.48%) and General Insurance Corporation of India (277.45, -5.31%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Varun Beverages Ltd. (696.65, 10.23%), Max India Ltd. (81.00, 6.37%) and Reliance Capital Ltd. (22.30, 4.94%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (149.60, -19.98%), KRBL Ltd. (212.60, -7.75%) and Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (15.75, -4.83%).

Dalmia Bharat Ltd. (822.25, 1.17%) was trading at 48.3 times of weekly average. Chalet Hotels Ltd. (317.80, -4.29%) and Triveni Turbine Ltd. (103.70, -2.26%) were trading with volumes 19.0 and 10.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

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

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (282.85, -0.58%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (8780.90, 0.85%) and Can Fin Homes Ltd. (414.30, -2.81%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (149.60, -19.98%) and Reliance Communications Ltd. (0.70, 0.00%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1485.35, 3.41%) and UPL Ltd. (613.55, 3.25%). 22 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (391.85, -3.82%) and Cera Sanitaryware Ltd. (2621.05, -3.23%).