Markets closed higher. Nifty 50 closed at 15097.60 (115.6, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex closed at 51039.31 (257.6, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12570.95 (115.8, 0.9%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly positive. Of the 1708 stocks traded today, 1099 were gainers and 534 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Indian Overseas Bank (18.95, 9.86%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (47.10, 9.66%) and Coal India Ltd. (156.95, 8.69%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Marico Ltd. (409.70, -3.46%), Adani Green Energy Ltd. (1129.00, -3.45%) and ABB India Ltd. (1528.90, -2.67%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Just Dial Ltd. (767.90, 19.99%), Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (49.30, 19.95%) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (67.70, 19.93%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were SKF India Ltd. (2219.40, -1.74%), Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (149.55, -0.99%) and Oberoi Realty Ltd. (556.75, -0.77%).

Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd. (88.80, 9.23%) was trading at 9.8 times of weekly average. Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. (93.00, 11.85%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (182.75, 8.52%) were trading with volumes 6.9 and 5.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

59 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (705.35, 6.04%), Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (3723.70, 2.53%) and BEML Ltd. (1071.60, 7.99%).

13 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (49.30, 19.95%) and Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (69.85, 4.10%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Ltd. (168.35, -0.82%) and Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (728.85, -0.47%).