Market sinks in afternoon trading. Nifty 50 was trading at 13740.60 (-226.9, -1.6%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 46773.21 (-636.7, -1.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 11384.40 (-162.0, -1.4%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1664 stocks traded today, 676 were on the uptrend, and 927 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Havells India Ltd. (1168.00, 4.65%), Axis Bank Ltd. (650.90, 2.97%) and Honeywell Automation India Ltd. (39268.85, 2.33%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bank of Baroda (64.90, -12.36%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (150.85, -6.94%) and Canara Bank (124.85, -4.84%).

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

3 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Ceat Ltd. (1506.45, 0.99%), Havells India Ltd. (1168.00, 4.65%) and ABB India Ltd. (1358.40, -2.19%).

3 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (383.45, 0.75%) and Jai Corp Ltd. (85.10, -0.29%). 11 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Punjab National Bank (32.05, -3.90%) and UCO Bank (12.75, -1.92%).