Markets fell in today's trading, closing lower. Nifty 50 closed at 11835.55 (-77.9, -0.7%) , BSE Sensex closed at 40116.06 (-229.0, -0.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9629.35 (-66.5, -0.7%). Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1656 stocks traded today, 578 showed gains, and 1004 showed losses. All 11 sectoral gauges compiled by NSE ended lower.

• Sun TV among top losers today on high volumes after results disappoint, slipping below below the 200 SMA. See the full results analyzer.  
• EID Parry, Bharat Dynamics, Nippon Life among stocks seeing positive breakout past second resistance today.
• Approximately 13.7 lakh shares of Petronet LNG changed hands in a single block.
• In the morning, Nifty 50 was trading at 11922.20 (8.8, 0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40418.03 (73.0, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9712.80 (17.0, 0.2%)

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (810.00, 12.75%), Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd. (364.00, 11.91%) and HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (3644.45, 8.89%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Sun TV Network Ltd. (469.85, -11.21%), Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (218.10, -8.57%) and Vodafone Idea Ltd. (3.70, -7.50%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included EID Parry (India) Ltd. (194.25, 19.17%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (810.00, 12.75%) and Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd. (364.00, 11.91%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Sun TV Network Ltd. (469.85, -11.21%), Gayatri Projects Ltd. (95.00, -8.52%) and Just Dial Ltd. (513.00, -7.07%).

Sheela Foam Ltd. (1259.80, 1.70%) was trading at 48.9 times of weekly average. Zydus Wellness Ltd. (1494.00, -5.99%) and Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (351.80, 5.35%) were trading with volumes 17.3 and 13.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

15 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 9 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (8970.00, 0.75%), DLF Ltd. (202.05, -2.70%) and Essel Propack Ltd. (135.00, 4.53%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (432.45, -1.20%) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (146.95, -2.88%).

18 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including EID Parry (India) Ltd. (194.25, 19.17%) and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (210.70, 4.70%). 24 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Sun TV Network Ltd. (469.85, -11.21%) and Venky's (India) Ltd. (1692.00, -8.56%).