Nifty 50 was trading at 10644.75 (26.6, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 36201.56 (149.8, 0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 8695.80 (6.0, 0.1%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly negative. Of the 1629 stocks traded today, 447 were on the uptick, and 1122 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Infosys Ltd. (908.85, 9.37%), Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (1758.00, 6.63%) and Max Financial Services Ltd. (566.10, 5.86%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (7.65, -11.56%), Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (2002.10, -6.72%) and Bharti Infratel Ltd. (192.10, -5.81%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Infosys Ltd. (908.85, 9.37%), DCM Shriram Ltd. (336.45, 6.07%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (523.95, 4.73%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were IIFL Wealth Management Ltd. (918.95, -1.25%) and JTEKT India Ltd. (68.70, -0.72%).

Greaves Cotton Ltd. (86.20, 3.30%) was trading at 5.8 times of weekly average. Sonata Software Ltd. (241.40, 2.96%) and Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (213.80, 0.05%) were trading with volumes 5.0 and 4.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

11 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs, while 2 stocks were underachievers and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (967.80, 2.32%), Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (805.60, -0.32%) and HCL Technologies Ltd. (616.45, 0.20%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Omaxe Ltd. (65.10, -4.96%) and Rajesh Exports Ltd. (462.15, -1.20%).

9 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including DCM Shriram Ltd. (336.45, 6.07%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (523.95, 4.73%). 16 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (2002.10, -6.72%) and Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd. (68.95, -3.36%).