Markets rose in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 11215.45 (82.9, 0.7%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38140.47 (269.0, 0.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9114.05 (67.5, 0.8%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1658 stocks traded today, 861 were on the uptick, and 719 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Natco Pharma Ltd. (728.95, 8.21%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (406.80, 6.94%) and Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (710.45, 6.83%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Future Retail Ltd. (100.45, -4.97%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (320.30, -4.67%) and Axis Bank Ltd. (460.85, -3.78%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Dilip Buildcon Ltd. (310.35, 10.03%), ITI Ltd. (132.25, 9.98%) and Natco Pharma Ltd. (728.95, 8.21%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Capri Global Capital Ltd. (155.30, -6.13%), Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd. (119.65, -1.36%) and Rallis India Ltd. (303.00, -1.06%).

Essel Propack Ltd. (201.85, 6.21%) was trading at 8.9 times of weekly average. Galaxy Surfactants Ltd. (1629.85, 4.64%) and GHCL Ltd. (160.80, 5.34%) were trading with volumes 8.8 and 6.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

12 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Coromandel International Ltd. (799.35, -1.69%), Escorts Ltd. (1167.25, -3.03%) and Granules India Ltd. (280.65, 3.93%).

25 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd. (2437.15, 8.11%) and Heritage Foods Ltd. (321.60, 7.67%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Heidelberg Cement India Ltd. (176.25, -2.92%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (482.80, -2.86%).