Markets are trading high. Nifty 50 was trading at 12025.95 (111.6, 0.9%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40723.48 (364.1, 0.9%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9765.75 (0.89%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1648 stocks traded today, 957 were on the uptrend, and 586 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (110.95, 10.78%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (154.15, 6.90%) and L&T Finance Holdings Ltd. (102.90, 6.58%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Electronics Ltd. (106.00, -3.15%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (347.10, -3.07%) and HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (3599.00, -2.93%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included eClerx Services Ltd. (574.45, 14.35%), Inox Wind Ltd. (36.05, 12.48%) and Venky's (India) Ltd. (1777.50, 7.33%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Blue Dart Express Ltd. (2060.15, -2.55%) and DB Corp Ltd. (141.85, -0.07%).

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (550.65, 0.96%) was trading at 6.8 times of weekly average. Somany Ceramics Ltd. (185.00, 2.64%) and DCM Shriram Ltd. (333.80, 6.70%) were trading with volumes 6.2 and 3.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

4 stocks made 52 week highs, while 3 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - DLF Ltd. (219.00, 0.81%), Rallis India Ltd. (190.10, 1.04%) and Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (110.95, 10.78%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Blue Dart Express Ltd. (2060.15, -2.55%) and Shoppers Stop Ltd. (341.45, -0.54%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (154.15, 6.90%) and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (197.95, 4.05%). 8 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including KNR Constructions Ltd. (236.00, -2.58%) and Greaves Cotton Ltd. (134.50, -1.93%).