Nifty 50 was trading at 11080.95 (-21.2, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37589.11 (-147.0, -0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9037.45 (5.8, 0.1%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1628 stocks traded today, 640 were on the uptick, and 914 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2690.10, 10.36%), Piramal Enterprises Ltd. (1496.30, 9.21%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (1888.20, 8.18%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Future Retail Ltd. (110.95, -4.31%), Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. (205.00, -4.30%) and IDBI Bank Ltd. (38.95, -3.95%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Laurus Labs Ltd. (921.45, 16.60%), Essel Propack Ltd. (234.15, 14.02%) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2690.10, 10.36%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Future Retail Ltd. (110.95, -4.31%) and Finolex Industries Ltd. (459.95, -1.18%).

Wockhardt Ltd. (276.70, 5.13%) was trading at 4.2 times of weekly average. UCO Bank (14.45, 1.76%) and KRBL Ltd. (270.70, 4.70%) were trading with volumes 4.0 and 3.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

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

Stocks touching their year highs included - Ambuja Cements Ltd. (219.60, -0.75%), Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (865.55, 5.46%) and Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (384.05, 5.03%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Rajesh Exports Ltd. (454.50, -1.01%).

17 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Sudarshan Chemical Industries Ltd. (407.50, 5.64%) and Wockhardt Ltd. (276.70, 5.13%). 11 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including TVS Srichakra Ltd. (1438.75, -4.49%) and Endurance Technologies Ltd. (902.30, -1.59%).