Nifty 50 was trading at 12040.40 (-2.8, -0.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 40896.15 (45.9, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9782.85 (0.8, 0.0%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1624 stocks traded today, 721 were in the positive territory and 802 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (118.75, 5.00%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (294.50, 4.67%) and Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (526.80, 4.61%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (7.40, -4.52%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1342.65, -4.49%) and HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (3216.50, -3.75%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd. (75.20, 7.35%), Nesco Ltd. (643.70, 5.61%) and Tata Elxsi Ltd. (848.00, 5.11%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (38.00, -6.17%), Finolex Cables Ltd. (351.70, -2.45%) and Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (3443.00, -0.54%).

Mas Financial Services Ltd. (744.90, 3.67%) was trading at 11.7 times of weekly average. EID Parry (India) Ltd. (188.40, 1.62%) and Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (21.25, 4.17%) were trading with volumes 6.6 and 5.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

5 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 6 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Gujarat Gas Ltd. (224.75, 3.67%), ICICI Bank Ltd. (531.55, 0.43%) and Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2390.40, 3.50%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (117.10, -1.06%) and Finolex Cables Ltd. (351.70, -2.45%).

12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Tata Elxsi Ltd. (848.00, 5.11%) and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (1110.50, 1.96%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (38.00, -6.17%) and JSW Steel Ltd. (254.20, -2.16%).