Nifty 50 was trading at 12004.25 (5.2, 0.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40690.49 (38.9, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9745.90 (1, 0.0%)

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1619 stocks traded today, 728 were on the uptick, and 797 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (346.10, 12.74%), Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (96.35, 12.56%) and Bosch Ltd. (15839.95, 5.18%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (6.65, -5.67%), REC Ltd. (139.90, -3.52%) and Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (127.70, -3.48%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd. (30.00, 16.50%), UCO Bank (21.60, 15.51%) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (346.10, 12.74%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (305.15, -11.07%), Reliance Capital Ltd. (17.15, -4.99%) and La Opala RG Ltd. (139.80, -1.55%).

Indiabulls Integrated Services Ltd. (67.60, 1.81%) was trading at 22.1 times of weekly average. IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. (84.50, 11.26%) and KNR Constructions Ltd. (254.65, 5.51%) were trading with volumes 10.7 and 8.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

7 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 7 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (534.80, -1.80%), Indraprastha Gas Ltd. (429.95, 1.91%) and Rallis India Ltd. (183.75, 3.00%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Blue Dart Express Ltd. (2160.00, 1.81%) and Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (305.15, -11.07%).

14 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd. (30.00, 16.50%) and UCO Bank (21.60, 15.51%). 15 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Hindustan Copper Ltd. (39.60, -4.58%) and REC Ltd. (139.90, -3.52%).