Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 was trading at 11934.70 (62.6, 0.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40488.03 (201.6, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9694.05 (0.45%).

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1628 stocks traded today, 740 were gainers and 811 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (301.70, 6.97%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (386.25, 6.55%) and Bharti Infratel Ltd. (221.15, 5.99%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (803.00, -3.95%), HEG Ltd. (1026.40, -3.60%) and Future Retail Ltd. (333.30, -3.24%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Corporation Bank (18.15, 15.24%), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (301.70, 6.97%) and Bharti Airtel Ltd. (386.25, 6.55%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (146.80, -6.02%), Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. (38.15, -4.98%) and Prism Johnson Ltd. (69.25, -3.21%).

SKF India Ltd. (2135.00, 0.20%) was trading at 6.8 times of weekly average. Rallis India Ltd. (176.30, 3.40%) and Mas Financial Services Ltd. (722.05, 0.23%) were trading with volumes 6.7 and 5.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

10 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 12 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (9125.00, 0.70%), Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (146.80, -6.02%) and HDFC Bank Ltd. (1281.05, 0.56%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Gateway Distriparks Ltd. (83.00, -0.30%) and Vodafone Idea Ltd. (3.10, 5.08%).

18 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including State Bank of India (321.90, 5.20%) and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (870.00, 4.01%). 8 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (146.80, -6.02%) and MOIL Ltd. (140.80, -4.57%).