Nifty 50 was trading at 12132.85 (13.9, 0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 41216.79 (61.7, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 10019.55 (20.0, 0.2%)

Market breadth is balanced. Of the 1619 stocks traded today, 722 were gainers and 790 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1232.30, 7.31%), Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2789.95, 3.33%) and United Breweries Ltd. (1298.25, 2.93%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1925.50, -5.01%), Page Industries Ltd. (25399.90, -3.45%) and Vedanta Ltd. (143.85, -3.36%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (513.00, 11.22%), Navin Fluorine International Ltd. (1192.00, 7.55%) and Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (207.65, 4.74%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd. (3414.55, -5.62%), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1925.50, -5.01%) and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1479.00, -1.12%).

CCL Products India Ltd. (199.40, 3.21%) was trading at 19.2 times of weekly average. VRL Logistics Ltd. (285.50, 4.35%) and SKF India Ltd. (2200.00, -0.11%) were trading with volumes 15.5 and 13.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

29 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 3 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (632.55, 2.92%), Atul Ltd. (4936.05, 0.38%) and Coromandel International Ltd. (618.00, 2.41%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - ITC Ltd. (232.45, -0.92%) and Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. (27.35, -2.84%).

11 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including VRL Logistics Ltd. (285.50, 4.35%) and Mahindra Logistics Ltd. (424.00, 3.01%). 14 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including ITI Ltd. (85.45, -3.66%) and Nava Bharat Ventures Ltd. (84.95, -1.62%).