Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 8944.95 (121.7, 1.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 30398.86 (369.9, 1.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 7331.85 (1.20%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1577 stocks traded today, 840 were on the uptick, and 632 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharti Airtel Ltd. (589.80, 9.62%), Adani Power Ltd. (33.75, 9.22%) and Vodafone Idea Ltd. (5.00, 7.53%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (175.00, -7.04%), UPL Ltd. (352.50, -6.20%) and Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (2429.55, -6.02%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Granules India Ltd. (165.00, 6.25%), Gayatri Projects Ltd. (13.85, 4.92%) and Inox Leisure Ltd. (172.20, 4.27%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (2823.30, -7.46%), Chalet Hotels Ltd. (105.90, -3.20%) and Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (87.50, -2.94%).

KPR Mill Ltd. (410.25, 1.02%) was trading at 10.2 times of weekly average.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

1 stock overperformed with 52 week highs, while 19 stocks hit their 52 week lows.

Stock touching their year highs included - Bharti Airtel Ltd. (589.80, 9.62%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bank of Baroda (37.45, -2.98%) and DB Corp Ltd. (60.80, -1.46%).

7 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (1114.70, 3.39%) and Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2477.00, 3.04%). 3 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (1353.20, -1.95%) and TV18 Broadcast Ltd. (21.55, -1.37%).