Nifty 50 was trading at 11313.50 (13.1, 0.1%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 38361.72 (51.2, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9325.35 (17.5, 0.2%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1664 stocks traded today, 925 were on the uptrend, and 654 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Lupin Ltd. (1001.65, 7.65%), JSW Energy Ltd. (57.40, 6.49%) and Ashok Leyland Ltd. (64.30, 5.24%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Eicher Motors Ltd. (20725.00, -4.37%), 3M India Ltd. (20972.30, -4.19%) and Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (1331.45, -3.91%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Redington (India) Ltd. (108.85, 15.74%), Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (809.90, 13.02%) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (245.00, 12.33%).

Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (22.25, 11.53%) was trading at 9.0 times of weekly average. Vinati Organics Ltd. (1019.85, 3.79%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (698.55, 12.10%) were trading with volumes 5.1 and 4.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

14 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - eClerx Services Ltd. (698.55, 12.10%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (321.95, -1.14%) and Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (219.00, 2.77%).

29 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Redington (India) Ltd. (108.85, 15.74%) and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (22.25, 11.53%). 12 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including KPR Mill Ltd. (537.45, -3.46%) and Tata Motors Ltd. (128.60, -1.94%).