Nifty 50 was trading at 11829.45 (-11, -0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40139.95 (23.9, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9621.20 (-12.8, -0.1%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1621 stocks traded today, 581 showed gains, and 962 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Muthoot Finance Ltd. (712.00, 9.52%), Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (700.00, 4.47%) and Sun TV Network Ltd. (490.80, 4.40%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (3.05, -17.57%), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (396.05, -8.71%) and Bharti Infratel Ltd. (202.30, -7.29%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Muthoot Finance Ltd. (712.00, 9.52%), Lux Industries Ltd. (1348.00, 7.59%) and Fine Organic Industries Ltd. (2016.20, 6.71%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Spicejet Ltd. (107.35, -5.71%) and Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. (24.40, -4.87%).

Thermax Ltd. (1079.95, 0.80%) was trading at 6.8 times of weekly average. Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. (98.20, 4.25%) and Nilkamal Ltd. (1323.00, 4.13%) were trading with volumes 5.1 and 4.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

12 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 14 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (9025.00, 0.52%), Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (1129.30, 3.61%) and Suven Life Sciences Ltd. (304.50, 3.38%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (396.05, -8.71%) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (141.80, -3.24%).

13 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Rain Industries Ltd. (105.55, 7.16%) and The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (158.25, 4.98%). 22 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (167.45, -3.43%) and Ashok Leyland Ltd. (77.85, -3.41%).