Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 was trading at 9371.60 (78.1, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 31973.79 (258.4, 0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 7651.25 (0.72%).

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1586 stocks traded today, 740 were on the uptrend, and 742 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharti Infratel Ltd. (180.70, 7.24%), The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (121.55, 6.95%) and Coromandel International Ltd. (606.80, 6.61%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (491.20, -5.00%), Future Retail Ltd. (76.85, -4.95%) and Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (36.00, -4.89%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (227.70, 8.61%), Bharti Infratel Ltd. (180.70, 7.24%) and Bajaj Electricals Ltd. (353.00, 5.12%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Orient Cement Ltd. (37.45, -3.48%) and Aavas Financiers Ltd. (1129.00, -0.14%).

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (136.75, 4.83%) was trading at 6.1 times of weekly average.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

2 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 13 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Torrent Power Ltd. (337.45, 2.03%) and AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (3316.35, 2.28%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bank of Baroda (45.05, -1.74%) and DCB Bank Ltd. (71.80, -1.31%).

5 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2015.05, 2.56%) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (902.35, 2.50%). 11 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Asian Paints Ltd. (1597.80, -4.71%) and Dabur India Ltd. (456.25, -2.67%).