Markets are trading high. Nifty 50 was trading at 10807.65 (67.7, 0.6%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 36657.09 (185.4, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 8833.60 (0.76%).

Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1631 stocks traded today, 1050 were on the uptrend, and 507 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (433.25, 9.99%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (224.95, 7.22%) and Vodafone Idea Ltd. (8.40, 7.01%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include L&T Technology Services Ltd. (1389.10, -3.65%), MphasiS Ltd. (999.00, -3.13%) and Alkem Laboratories Ltd. (2488.75, -2.82%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included HEG Ltd. (818.55, 12.75%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (433.25, 9.99%) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (84.20, 9.56%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Omaxe Ltd. (61.85, -4.99%) and Britannia Industries Ltd. (3851.30, -0.09%).

Minda Corporation Ltd. (70.10, 5.89%) was trading at 5.0 times of weekly average. PTC India Ltd. (50.05, 3.95%) and Himatsingka Seide Ltd. (60.45, 6.52%) were trading with volumes 4.1 and 3.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

7 stocks made 52 week highs, while 1 stock hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Britannia Industries Ltd. (3851.30, -0.09%), Cipla Ltd. (689.00, 2.15%) and Coromandel International Ltd. (780.00, 0.94%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Omaxe Ltd. (61.85, -4.99%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (433.25, 9.99%) and Orient Cement Ltd. (68.40, 7.13%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including L&T Technology Services Ltd. (1389.10, -3.65%) and Avenue Supermarts Ltd. (1986.60, -1.02%).