Markets are trading high. Nifty 50 was trading at 15130.90 (148.9, 1.0%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 51180.35 (398.7, 0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12577.05 (0.98%).

Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1689 stocks traded today, 1134 were on the uptrend, and 484 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Indian Overseas Bank (18.95, 9.86%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (46.05, 7.22%) and Coal India Ltd. (154.80, 7.20%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include MphasiS Ltd. (1641.50, -3.12%), Marico Ltd. (413.20, -2.64%) and Supreme Industries Ltd. (1971.85, -2.33%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (49.00, 19.22%), Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (65.55, 16.12%) and Just Dial Ltd. (724.40, 13.20%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Oberoi Realty Ltd. (552.85, -1.46%).

Max Financial Services Ltd. (894.20, 4.87%) was trading at 3.8 times of weekly average. Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (88.90, 6.92%) and Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (619.50, 1.42%) were trading with volumes 3.5 and 3.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

47 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (695.70, 4.59%), Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (3700.60, 1.89%) and BEML Ltd. (1075.05, 8.33%).

11 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (49.00, 19.22%) and Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (71.25, 6.18%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (167.85, -1.12%) and Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (734.50, 0.30%).