Nifty 50 was trading at 11899.60 (-13.9, -0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40316.68 (-28.4, -0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9678.75 (-17.1, -0.2%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1628 stocks traded today, 642 showed gains, and 892 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd. (358.70, 10.28%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (772.40, 7.52%) and Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (154.85, 5.66%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Sun TV Network Ltd. (473.70, -10.48%), Adani Power Ltd. (62.75, -6.76%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd. (197.70, -6.24%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included EID Parry (India) Ltd. (187.55, 15.06%), Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (772.40, 7.52%) and Mahanagar Gas Ltd. (1037.45, 7.02%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Sun TV Network Ltd. (473.70, -10.48%), Vinati Organics Ltd. (1954.50, -5.71%) and Zydus Wellness Ltd. (1520.50, -4.32%).

Sheela Foam Ltd. (1270.05, 2.53%) was trading at 15.8 times of weekly average. Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (353.95, 5.99%) and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (809.30, 5.60%) were trading with volumes 11.4 and 10.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

14 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 8 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (8945.95, 0.48%), DLF Ltd. (206.15, -0.72%) and Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (429.90, 0.71%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (148.65, -1.75%) and Gateway Distriparks Ltd. (85.00, -2.52%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including EID Parry (India) Ltd. (187.55, 15.06%) and Essel Propack Ltd. (136.05, 5.34%). 15 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Sun TV Network Ltd. (473.70, -10.48%) and Venky's (India) Ltd. (1728.00, -6.61%).