Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 10418.25 (107.1, 1.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 35243.51 (332.2, 1.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 8583.95 (1.15%).

Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1627 stocks traded today, 1193 were gainers and 391 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. (309.15, 8.97%), Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (63.00, 8.71%) and Union Bank of India (35.30, 7.62%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (487.85, -6.14%), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (199.10, -2.74%) and Muthoot Finance Ltd. (1129.90, -2.39%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Just Dial Ltd. (396.90, 9.25%), VRL Logistics Ltd. (169.00, 9.24%) and Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. (309.15, 8.97%).

Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd. (119.60, 4.50%) was trading at 58.6 times of weekly average. Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (74.55, 1.08%) and Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd. (117.85, 4.25%) were trading with volumes 5.6 and 5.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

10 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (808.95, 2.83%), FDC Ltd. (287.35, 5.31%) and Omaxe Ltd. (214.75, 0.99%).

28 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. (93.25, 16.64%) and Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. (309.15, 8.97%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Persistent Systems Ltd. (616.50, 0.06%) and Pfizer Ltd. (3995.05, 0.45%).