Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 15124.55 (200.3, 1.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 51380.59 (649.0, 1.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12444.70 (1.34%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1713 stocks traded today, 1033 were on the uptick, and 602 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Gujarat Gas Ltd. (444.95, 17.14%), Container Corporation of India Ltd. (505.75, 8.33%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (920.35, 6.34%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (40.00, -8.15%), Indus Towers Ltd. (239.70, -5.65%) and Punjab National Bank (38.20, -4.86%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included SKF India Ltd. (2406.95, 19.21%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (444.95, 17.14%) and Graphite India Ltd. (411.50, 16.44%).

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (201.85, 8.67%) was trading at 8.1 times of weekly average. VRL Logistics Ltd. (227.00, 10.89%) and Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd. (362.70, 8.50%) were trading with volumes 6.3 and 5.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

60 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (582.05, 2.66%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (543.00, 2.60%) and Aegis Logistics Ltd. (307.00, 3.96%).

10 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (201.85, 8.67%) and Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (48.55, 2.75%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (938.10, 0.27%) and Coromandel International Ltd. (774.00, 2.52%).