Markets are trading high. Nifty 50 was trading at 11353.20 (83.1, 0.7%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 38499.21 (317.1, 0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9320.80 (0.56%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1662 stocks traded today, 996 were on the uptick, and 595 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (159.60, 5.56%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (212.40, 5.36%) and IDFC First Bank Ltd. (29.90, 5.28%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (8.70, -4.40%), Trent Ltd. (557.00, -4.35%) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2885.00, -4.18%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Nesco Ltd. (515.40, 14.57%), Garware Technical Fibres Ltd. (1943.95, 12.88%) and GE T&D India Ltd. (98.25, 9.96%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Sheela Foam Ltd. (1346.00, -2.52%).

La Opala RG Ltd. (203.90, 5.95%) was trading at 61.8 times of weekly average. CCL Products India Ltd. (263.95, 4.87%) and Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (820.60, 6.59%) were trading with volumes 7.8 and 6.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

24 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Ambuja Cements Ltd. (225.65, 1.71%), CCL Products India Ltd. (263.95, 4.87%) and Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (407.10, 1.52%).

23 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including TV Today Network Ltd. (229.40, 8.82%) and Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (138.85, 4.60%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Titan Company Ltd. (1063.50, -3.98%) and Can Fin Homes Ltd. (375.65, -3.56%).