Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 15236.55 (120.8, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 51730.69 (381.9, 0.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12530.55 (0.72%).

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1689 stocks traded today, 848 were gainers and 775 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Indus Towers Ltd. (257.90, 7.48%), Punjab National Bank (40.75, 7.24%) and Vodafone Idea Ltd. (12.30, 5.13%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (1691.45, -8.14%), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2574.95, -6.64%) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (98.90, -5.00%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Aavas Financiers Ltd. (2280.50, 10.32%), Future Retail Ltd. (80.50, 9.97%) and Ircon International Ltd. (93.40, 8.23%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (1691.45, -8.14%), Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2574.95, -6.64%) and AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (3820.00, -1.82%).

Indoco Remedies Ltd. (322.60, 1.48%) was trading at 5.5 times of weekly average. Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (2942.95, 7.54%) and Jagran Prakashan Ltd. (45.50, 3.88%) were trading with volumes 3.9 and 3.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

51 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (2786.35, 2.05%), Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (1691.45, -8.14%) and Blue Dart Express Ltd. (4640.15, 5.70%).

8 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Ircon International Ltd. (93.40, 8.23%) and Reliance Industries Ltd. (1981.30, 1.53%). 3 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2574.95, -6.64%) and AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (3820.00, -1.82%).