Markets are trading high. Nifty 50 was trading at 11165.00 (142.8, 1.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37867.05 (448.1, 1.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9077.40 (1.03%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1640 stocks traded today, 916 were gainers and 639 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (1508.10, 7.24%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (468.05, 7.03%) and Bank of India (50.35, 6.90%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (8.40, -7.69%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (244.35, -2.44%) and MphasiS Ltd. (981.20, -2.41%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bank of Maharashtra (12.05, 12.62%), Central Bank of India (18.60, 10.39%) and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (90.20, 9.53%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Eris Lifesciences Ltd. (426.45, -2.43%), Carborundum Universal Ltd. (238.25, -0.83%) and TeamLease Services Ltd. (1906.55, -0.32%).

Thermax Ltd. (763.60, 2.41%) was trading at 11.9 times of weekly average. CARE Ratings Ltd. (458.00, 7.94%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (132.25, 9.16%) were trading with volumes 9.4 and 8.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

16 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Britannia Industries Ltd. (3893.50, -2.24%), Coromandel International Ltd. (812.00, 1.99%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (132.25, 9.16%).

22 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Bank of Maharashtra (12.05, 12.62%) and Central Bank of India (18.60, 10.39%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Company Ltd. (69.10, -3.56%) and Dalmia Bharat Ltd. (699.90, -2.33%).