Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1577 stocks traded today, 617 were gainers and 862 were losers.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include IDBI Bank Ltd. (38.25, 13.17%), Castrol India Ltd. (142.80, 5.74%) and LIC Housing Finance Ltd. (451.10, 3.06%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include NMDC Ltd. (110.20, -5.77%), Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (556.95, -4.39%) and Sun TV Network Ltd. (455.00, -4.12%).
Movers and Shakers
6 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included IDBI Bank Ltd. (38.25, 13.17%), Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (300.10, 12.76%) and Va Tech Wabag Ltd. (225.70, 4.95%).
Top high volume loser on BSE was Chalet Hotels Ltd. (327.00, -0.88%).
Repco Home Finance Ltd. (348.15, 4.38%) was trading at 7.0 times of weekly average. The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (158.50, 1.93%) was trading with volume 3.8 times weekly average on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
15 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 11 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Birla Corporation Ltd. (779.30, -2.16%), Can Fin Homes Ltd. (492.90, 1.83%) and Dabur India Ltd. (494.40, -0.27%).
Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Coal India Ltd. (176.10, -3.08%) and Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. (12.90, -0.39%).
12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including IDBI Bank Ltd. (38.25, 13.17%) and Castrol India Ltd. (142.80, 5.74%). 20 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Vinati Organics Ltd. (2001.05, -10.01%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (104.50, -6.11%).
