Indian markets slumped today. Nifty 50 was trading at 8881.25 (-255.6, -2.8%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 30207.60 (-890.1, -2.9%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 7288.05 (-216, -2.9%)

Market breadth is moving down. Of the 1610 stocks traded today, 264 were on the uptick, and 1275 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include L&T Technology Services Ltd. (1115.35, 4.39%), Cipla Ltd. (589.90, 3.44%) and MindTree Ltd. (876.25, 2.83%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (139.20, -17.36%), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (128.20, -14.16%) and LIC Housing Finance Ltd. (221.00, -12.96%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included WABCO India Ltd. (6789.95, 9.30%), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (556.95, 6.47%) and MMTC Ltd. (14.70, 4.63%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Chalet Hotels Ltd. (110.35, -12.66%) and Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (448.80, -5.00%).

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (210.75, 0.62%) was trading at 6.1 times of weekly average. Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd. (373.85, 2.49%) was trading with volume 3.2 times weekly average on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

1 stock hit their 52 week highs, while 27 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stock touching their year highs included - Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (866.00, -0.82%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bank of Baroda (38.65, -7.09%) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (54.40, -1.63%).

5 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including WABCO India Ltd. (6789.95, 9.30%) and TV18 Broadcast Ltd. (21.55, 0.23%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2332.50, -10.00%) and Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (1097.10, -3.73%).