Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 was trading at 9980.80 (66.8, 0.7%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 33866.45 (261.2, 0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 8208.50 (0.69%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1616 stocks traded today, 1023 were gainers and 544 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (168.10, 8.14%), Coromandel International Ltd. (718.25, 6.04%) and Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (97.25, 5.88%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2444.00, -3.78%), Oil India Ltd. (98.55, -2.67%) and Future Retail Ltd. (103.20, -2.64%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Orient Cement Ltd. (68.50, 12.48%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (148.65, 8.46%) and Orient Refractories Ltd. (162.95, 8.09%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2444.00, -3.78%), Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. (353.45, -1.37%) and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (705.80, -1.00%).

Linde India Ltd. (592.00, 5.86%) was trading at 17.4 times of weekly average. ITI Ltd. (85.80, 4.89%) and Navin Fluorine International Ltd. (1605.00, 2.85%) were trading with volumes 6.9 and 5.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

9 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bayer Cropscience Ltd. (5978.60, 4.79%), Coromandel International Ltd. (718.25, 6.04%) and Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (784.25, 6.09%).

14 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Orient Cement Ltd. (68.50, 12.48%) and Zensar Technologies Ltd. (148.65, 8.46%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Bank of Maharashtra (10.95, -3.52%) and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (74.40, -2.81%).