Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 closed at 12631.10 (170.1, 1.4%) , BSE Sensex closed at 43277.65 (680.2, 1.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 10269.00 (92.7, 0.9%)
Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1685 stocks traded today, 680 showed gains, and 901 showed losses.
Riding High:
Largecap and midcap gainers today include Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (113.70, 14.33%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd. (11318.60, 10.53%) and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1627.55, 9.15%).
Downers:
Largecap and midcap losers today include Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2061.35, -8.89%), Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (3023.80, -7.80%) and Muthoot Finance Ltd. (1185.15, -7.27%).
Crowd Puller Stocks
47 stocks in BSE 500 are trading on high volumes today.
Top high volume gainers on BSE included Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (113.70, 14.33%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd. (11318.60, 10.53%) and Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. (30.90, 9.96%).
Top high volume losers on BSE were Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2061.35, -8.89%), Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (1861.85, -5.42%) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (297.25, -2.75%).
Pfizer Ltd. (5057.90, 2.73%) was trading at 61.3 times of weekly average. Phoenix Mills Ltd. (603.35, 7.55%) and Chalet Hotels Ltd. (145.00, 2.87%) were trading with volumes 18.5 and 17.1 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.
BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages
18 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 1 stock hit their 52 week lows.
Stocks touching their year highs included - Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (832.50, 2.27%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (91.05, 8.01%) and Bharat Forge Ltd. (519.70, 5.26%).
Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - WABCO India Ltd. (4791.20, -0.64%).
27 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd. (11318.60, 10.53%) and Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd. (30.90, 9.96%). 13 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (28886.25, -5.45%) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2431.70, -4.72%).
