Markets rose in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 11322.50 (52.4, 0.5%) , BSE Sensex closed at 38407.01 (224.9, 0.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 9291.00 (22.5, 0.2%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1681 stocks traded today, 928 were gainers and 692 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Emami Ltd. (333.50, 8.60%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (30.30, 6.69%) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (159.75, 5.65%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Alkem Laboratories Ltd. (2783.15, -6.54%), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2870.40, -4.66%) and Trent Ltd. (555.55, -4.60%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Nesco Ltd. (503.55, 11.94%), Garware Technical Fibres Ltd. (1907.40, 10.76%) and GE T&D India Ltd. (98.25, 9.96%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were CARE Ratings Ltd. (411.20, -6.36%), Sheela Foam Ltd. (1350.35, -2.21%) and Symphony Ltd. (840.40, -0.85%).

La Opala RG Ltd. (205.10, 6.57%) was trading at 64.7 times of weekly average. Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (83.55, 3.21%) and CCL Products India Ltd. (260.90, 3.66%) were trading with volumes 9.3 and 8.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

26 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Ambuja Cements Ltd. (222.75, 0.41%), CCL Products India Ltd. (260.90, 3.66%) and Hexaware Technologies Ltd. (404.70, 0.92%).

25 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including TV Today Network Ltd. (223.85, 6.19%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (512.00, 4.51%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Can Fin Homes Ltd. (373.55, -4.09%) and Titan Company Ltd. (1066.25, -3.73%).