Nifty 50 was trading at 11890.55 (-4.9, -0.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40294.73 (-62.0, -0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9669.75 (2.5, 0.0%)

Market breadth is neutral. Of the 1643 stocks traded today, 750 were on the uptrend, and 781 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (4.35, 19.18%), Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (353.45, 17.43%) and Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (117.55, 5.76%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include General Insurance Corporation of India (247.65, -4.10%), YES Bank Ltd. (66.25, -3.57%) and Indiabulls Ventures Ltd. (145.20, -2.65%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (353.45, 17.43%), Corporation Bank (20.85, 13.32%) and Parag Milk Foods Ltd. (141.90, 12.35%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Reliance Communications Ltd. (0.55, -8.33%), Crisil Ltd. (1474.00, -0.48%) and Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (1339.95, -0.15%).

Wockhardt Ltd. (299.70, 10.41%) was trading at 8.8 times of weekly average. Sanofi India Ltd. (6806.05, 4.91%) and FDC Ltd. (194.70, 5.82%) were trading with volumes 6.2 and 5.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

10 stocks made 52 week highs, while 7 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Abbott India Ltd. (12880.00, 4.16%), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (407.45, 3.66%) and Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (327.40, -0.53%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bajaj Electricals Ltd. (318.20, -2.54%) and Jagran Prakashan Ltd. (49.00, -5.68%).

15 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (117.55, 5.76%) and Tata Metaliks Ltd. (592.00, 3.31%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Thermax Ltd. (1028.25, -2.07%) and Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd. (471.35, -1.56%).