Markets closed higher. Nifty 50 closed at 14941.80 (180.3, 1.2%) , BSE Sensex closed at 50296.89 (447.1, 0.9%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12536.20 (167.9, 1.4%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1710 stocks traded today, 1023 were in the positive territory and 617 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include JSW Energy Ltd. (86.20, 16.02%), Adani Power Ltd. (61.30, 9.96%) and Adani Total Gas Ltd. (574.30, 9.30%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indian Overseas Bank (17.20, -3.37%), Union Bank of India (38.80, -3.12%) and Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (113.50, -3.03%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (124.50, 20.00%), Symphony Ltd. (1446.40, 20.00%) and IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (658.05, 19.99%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (1932.20, -1.41%), Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (911.60, -0.99%) and Orient Refractories Ltd. (228.55, -0.52%).

JSW Energy Ltd. (86.20, 16.02%) was trading at 14.6 times of weekly average. Jai Corp Ltd. (105.50, 14.30%) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (211.00, 5.82%) were trading with volumes 11.7 and 10.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

78 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - 3M India Ltd. (25068.65, 3.81%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (720.50, 3.98%) and Aegis Logistics Ltd. (323.60, 0.43%).

12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. (112.75, 5.28%) and Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd. (47.85, 4.82%). 1 stock slipped below their 200 SMA including Natco Pharma Ltd. (802.20, -2.26%).