Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 11252.65 (151, 1.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 38190.10 (526.8, 1.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9201.65 (1.24%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1633 stocks traded today, 1039 were on the uptrend, and 520 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1057.00, 11.24%), PI Industries Ltd. (2020.00, 6.53%) and Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (231.75, 5.94%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bata India Ltd. (1270.85, -3.59%), Natco Pharma Ltd. (764.15, -2.71%) and Adani Gas Ltd. (154.55, -2.49%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Birlasoft Ltd. (146.30, 16.95%), Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1057.00, 11.24%) and Swan Energy Ltd. (152.30, 9.61%).

Jamna Auto Industries Ltd. (34.55, 8.48%) was trading at 9.1 times of weekly average. Ircon International Ltd. (94.75, 2.21%) and PNC Infratech Ltd. (134.00, 4.61%) were trading with volumes 6.9 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 - Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (886.35, 2.99%), Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (613.50, 7.14%) and Cipla Ltd. (733.70, 1.60%).

23 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1057.00, 11.24%) and Jamna Auto Industries Ltd. (34.55, 8.48%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Voltas Ltd. (604.50, -0.11%) and Can Fin Homes Ltd. (370.80, 0.31%).