Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 11054.60 (163, 1.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37553.47 (613.9, 1.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9045.80 (1.27%).

Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1629 stocks traded today, 1081 showed gains, and 462 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Rajesh Exports Ltd. (473.50, 7.13%), Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (144.20, 6.85%) and Apollo Tyres Ltd. (114.10, 5.55%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (394.90, -5.48%), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (210.00, -3.51%) and Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. (832.95, -3.28%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Wockhardt Ltd. (331.60, 9.22%), Uflex Ltd. (298.70, 7.80%) and VST Industries Ltd. (3464.15, 7.04%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (568.25, -0.02%).

Vaibhav Global Ltd. (1413.00, 5.59%) was trading at 5.2 times of weekly average. Redington (India) Ltd. (90.65, 2.14%) and Fine Organic Industries Ltd. (2361.00, 6.84%) were trading with volumes 5.0 and 4.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

18 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - BASF India Ltd. (1446.45, 0.71%), Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (396.25, 0.41%) and Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (511.50, 9.12%).

24 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. (273.40, 9.05%) and Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd. (130.45, 7.77%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Tech Mahindra Ltd. (652.85, -3.08%) and Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (74.95, -1.70%).