Markets fell in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 10821.35 (-310.5, -2.8%) , BSE Sensex closed at 36554.12 (-1114.3, -3.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 8955.20 (-239.2, -2.6%)

Market breadth is sharply down. Of the 1672 stocks traded today, 236 were gainers and 1376 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (1949.90, 7.27%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (616.95, 4.88%) and Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (691.50, 1.86%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (138.50, -8.67%), MphasiS Ltd. (1265.15, -8.59%) and IndusInd Bank Ltd. (489.05, -7.39%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (273.10, 19.99%), Tube Investments of India Ltd. (573.60, 2.41%) and Zensar Technologies Ltd. (204.40, 1.84%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were SBI Life Insurance Company Ltd. (793.35, -4.76%), Orient Refractories Ltd. (184.45, -4.13%) and Sheela Foam Ltd. (1335.00, -4.09%).

NHPC Ltd. (20.00, -0.50%) was trading at 7.9 times of weekly average. Bharti Infratel Ltd. (169.10, 1.29%) and Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (135.85, 0.70%) were trading with volumes 5.1 and 3.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

3 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 1 stock hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (1949.90, 7.27%), Syngene International Ltd. (564.90, 1.21%) and Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (273.10, 19.99%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Coal India Ltd. (115.70, -4.42%).

6 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. (1373.95, 1.47%) and Fortis Healthcare Ltd. (135.85, 0.70%). 39 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Tata Motors Ltd. (122.75, -6.58%) and Quess Corp Ltd. (371.80, -6.16%).