Nifty 50 was trading at 12019.80 (7.8, 0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40743.76 (90.0, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9776.20 (11.9, 0.1%)

Market breadth is neutral. Of the 1621 stocks traded today, 790 were gainers and 723 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include YES Bank Ltd. (71.50, 7.60%), DLF Ltd. (206.50, 7.27%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (421.15, 7.11%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Forge Ltd. (442.05, -5.78%), Bharti Infratel Ltd. (221.15, -3.62%) and Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (489.45, -3.40%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Raymond Ltd. (799.90, 18.79%), Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd. (94.25, 10.23%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (421.15, 7.11%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were CG Power and Industrial Solutions Ltd. (16.50, -1.79%), Solar Industries India Ltd. (1041.45, -1.71%) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (386.00, -1.61%).

Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd. (40.80, 4.88%) was trading at 33.7 times of weekly average. Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (134.95, 4.98%) and Galaxy Surfactants Ltd. (1568.00, 5.90%) were trading with volumes 14.2 and 11.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

20 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 4 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (294.10, -1.49%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (547.50, 4.52%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (8935.05, 1.16%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bajaj Electricals Ltd. (328.60, -1.95%) and Inox Wind Ltd. (33.30, -5.53%).

15 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Raymond Ltd. (799.90, 18.79%) and Tata Coffee Ltd. (86.00, 3.37%). 17 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Bharat Forge Ltd. (442.05, -5.78%) and Tamil Nadu Newsprint And Papers Ltd. (184.90, -4.47%).