Markets fell in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 10607.35 (-195.4, -1.8%) , BSE Sensex closed at 36033.06 (-660.6, -1.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 8693.35 (-140.9, -1.6%)

Market breadth is sharply down. Of the 1664 stocks traded today, 349 showed gains, and 1266 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Biocon Ltd. (437.60, 5.48%), Future Retail Ltd. (116.60, 5.00%) and Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (2903.20, 3.02%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (38.90, -8.69%), RBL Bank Ltd. (165.00, -7.25%) and Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (223.45, -6.27%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (41.70, 20.00%), FDC Ltd. (259.45, 8.13%) and Rallis India Ltd. (292.60, 8.13%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were SKF India Ltd. (1677.95, -4.39%), MindTree Ltd. (978.15, -2.94%) and Blue Star Ltd. (468.65, -2.41%).

GE T&D India Ltd. (79.05, -1.56%) was trading at 16.7 times of weekly average. Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. (366.15, 6.19%) and BASF India Ltd. (1346.95, 1.59%) were trading with volumes 6.4 and 5.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

9 stocks made 52 week highs, while 1 stock were underachiever and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - BASF India Ltd. (1346.95, 1.59%), Rallis India Ltd. (292.60, 8.13%) and Infibeam Avenues Ltd. (68.90, 2.38%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Omaxe Ltd. (72.10, -4.94%).

10 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd. (1027.55, 0.61%) and Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (456.95, 0.12%). 28 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (223.45, -6.27%) and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (34.20, -4.34%).