The market closed on an upbeat note. Nifty 50 closed at 12945.70 (71.5, 0.6%) , BSE Sensex closed at 44180.05 (227.3, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 10592.65 (68.7, 0.7%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1686 stocks traded today, 949 showed gains, and 656 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Gas Ltd. (341.60, 16.87%), Tata Motors Limited (DVR) (77.40, 12.01%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (707.55, 11.03%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1396.25, -5.45%), The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (113.70, -3.07%) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (383.45, -2.84%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Adani Gas Ltd. (341.60, 16.87%), HFCL Ltd. (19.10, 13.02%) and Spicejet Ltd. (66.20, 11.92%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (43.85, -2.88%) and CESC Ltd. (580.90, -0.27%).

Thermax Ltd. (830.00, 4.15%) was trading at 16.6 times of weekly average. WABCO India Ltd. (5982.70, 10.80%) and South Indian Bank Ltd. (7.30, 9.77%) were trading with volumes 10.5 and 8.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

32 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (391.25, 3.06%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (383.70, 4.08%) and Ashok Leyland Ltd. (95.05, 3.60%).

17 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including South Indian Bank Ltd. (7.30, 9.77%) and Adani Power Ltd. (39.35, 4.93%). 9 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (113.70, -3.07%) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (383.45, -2.84%).