Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 11246.20 (114.4, 1.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 38326.25 (391.5, 1.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9105.05 (0.89%).

Market breadth is horizontal. Of the 1629 stocks traded today, 787 were in the positive territory and 758 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (22.70, 5.34%), Future Retail Ltd. (105.20, 4.99%) and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (1581.00, 4.82%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (75.15, -3.41%), Havells India Ltd. (577.20, -3.02%) and Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (1445.00, -2.60%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. (189.00, 9.53%), Birlasoft Ltd. (116.25, 7.24%) and Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (168.20, 5.45%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. (209.05, -6.17%) and Va Tech Wabag Ltd. (124.50, -5.00%).

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. (292.25, 3.41%) was trading at 3.6 times of weekly average. PTC India Ltd. (52.55, 5.21%) was trading with volume 3.3 times weekly average on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

11 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (146.55, 2.02%), HCL Technologies Ltd. (706.25, 0.73%) and MindTree Ltd. (1052.15, 0.20%).

25 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (136.65, 6.34%) and Birla Corporation Ltd. (596.70, 4.91%). 9 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Heritage Foods Ltd. (279.05, -4.99%) and Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (75.15, -3.41%).