Nifty 50 was trading at 11125.25 (30, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37774.88 (87.0, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9106.05 (31.1, 0.3%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1641 stocks traded today, 993 were on the uptick, and 552 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (36.80, 6.36%), Info Edge (India) Ltd. (3387.85, 6.33%) and Hindalco Industries Ltd. (172.60, 6.31%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (8.35, -3.47%), Godrej Properties Ltd. (905.35, -2.79%) and Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (394.85, -2.19%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (188.55, 7.87%), Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (605.70, 6.33%) and Info Edge (India) Ltd. (3387.85, 6.33%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Omaxe Ltd. (71.80, -4.96%), PNC Infratech Ltd. (126.95, -4.44%) and Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (444.75, -1.11%).

Hawkins Cookers Ltd. (4275.00, 3.70%) was trading at 5.3 times of weekly average. Balmer Lawrie & Company Ltd. (116.65, 5.23%) and Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd. (2483.35, 3.91%) were trading with volumes 4.6 and 4.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

20 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (1334.10, 0.75%), Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (394.85, -2.19%) and Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (544.95, 5.21%).

23 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Cyient Ltd. (347.05, 6.78%) and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (36.80, 6.36%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Can Fin Homes Ltd. (373.55, -1.63%) and Voltas Ltd. (605.00, -0.95%).