Nifty 50 was trading at 11213.25 (34.9, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 37934.22 (56.9, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 9245.35 (31.0, 0.3%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1669 stocks traded today, 998 were on the uptick, and 596 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include NTPC Ltd. (95.75, 8.31%), Sun TV Network Ltd. (429.30, 7.28%) and Thermax Ltd. (788.50, 5.26%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Oberoi Realty Ltd. (353.00, -3.14%), IDFC First Bank Ltd. (29.35, -2.98%) and Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (537.95, -2.25%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Sterlite Technologies Ltd. (146.45, 12.44%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (784.90, 11.34%) and Jindal Saw Ltd. (63.70, 8.70%).

Sun TV Network Ltd. (429.30, 7.28%) was trading at 8.1 times of weekly average. NTPC Ltd. (95.75, 8.31%) and Quess Corp Ltd. (377.50, 2.68%) were trading with volumes 4.8 and 4.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

9 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Electricals Ltd. (484.15, 3.41%), Lupin Ltd. (1000.30, -1.76%) and MindTree Ltd. (1163.90, 2.46%).

22 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Redington (India) Ltd. (124.55, 13.85%) and JM Financial Ltd. (83.60, 8.36%). 13 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. (61.35, -2.08%) and MRF Ltd. (60179.85, -2.04%).