Gloom in markets in mid day trading. Nifty 50 was trading at 8992.05 (-114.2, -1.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 30548.14 (-384.8, -1.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 7386.05 (-84.6, -1.1%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1578 stocks traded today, 506 were gainers and 984 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Quess Corp Ltd. (189.40, 3.38%), Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (1616.20, 2.94%) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (322.30, 2.91%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (4157.95, -8.40%), Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (531.50, -7.57%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (126.20, -7.41%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included NIIT Technologies Ltd. (1543.30, 7.01%), Vaibhav Global Ltd. (1068.70, 6.89%) and Quess Corp Ltd. (189.40, 3.38%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Hawkins Cookers Ltd. (4225.10, -7.03%) and Suzlon Energy Ltd. (2.70, -3.57%).

Uflex Ltd. (182.00, 2.59%) was trading at 8.7 times of weekly average. Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. (73.90, 2.50%) and Shilpa Medicare Ltd. (377.35, 1.70%) were trading with volumes 6.9 and 5.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

2 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 19 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - WABCO India Ltd. (6910.20, 1.47%) and India Cements Ltd. (125.45, -0.91%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Bajaj Finance Ltd. (1868.50, -6.11%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (4157.95, -8.40%).

8 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including NIIT Technologies Ltd. (1543.30, 7.01%) and Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (530.60, 1.69%). 5 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Info Edge (India) Ltd. (2382.20, -3.01%) and Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (153.50, -2.51%).