Nifty 50 was trading at 11138.10 (-24.2, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37801.23 (-129.1, -0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9058.55 (-12.1, -0.1%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1639 stocks traded today, 739 were in the positive territory and 817 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Muthoot Finance Ltd. (1320.75, 7.28%), Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (195.65, 7.03%) and Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (120.15, 6.90%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (153.95, -32.45%), Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (1510.00, -3.11%) and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (2246.55, -3.08%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (195.65, 7.03%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (120.15, 6.90%) and Heritage Foods Ltd. (301.80, 5.07%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Indian Overseas Bank (10.95, -0.45%).

La Opala RG Ltd. (203.20, 3.49%) was trading at 24.5 times of weekly average. Vardhman Textiles Ltd. (639.55, 0.92%) and Orient Refractories Ltd. (179.45, 4.97%) were trading with volumes 10.8 and 8.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

13 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (133.10, 1.02%), Escorts Ltd. (1182.15, 0.89%) and Granules India Ltd. (268.65, 2.05%).

21 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (195.65, 7.03%) and GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (21.10, 6.03%). 12 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Petronet LNG Ltd. (254.15, -3.05%) and TVS Motor Company Ltd. (394.75, -2.03%).