Gloom in markets in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 14709.25 (-201.2, -1.4%) , BSE Sensex closed at 49801.62 (-562.3, -1.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12309.30 (-203.4, -1.6%)

Market breadth is sharply down. Of the 1721 stocks traded today, 280 showed gains, and 1406 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Power Ltd. (87.20, 4.93%), Dalmia Bharat Ltd. (1558.60, 2.33%) and ITC Ltd. (210.60, 1.32%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include IDBI Bank Ltd. (35.85, -7.24%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (50.10, -7.05%) and L&T Technology Services Ltd. (2589.45, -6.88%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Bliss GVS Pharma Ltd. (109.40, 5.34%), KEI Industries Ltd. (543.35, 5.12%) and Nilkamal Ltd. (1893.20, 2.65%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd. (978.30, -4.29%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (516.80, -3.50%) and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (725.35, -2.40%).

IIFL Wealth Management Ltd. (1180.50, 1.65%) was trading at 11.1 times of weekly average. Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (3206.90, -1.55%) and Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd. (5330.45, 1.99%) were trading with volumes 5.3 and 4.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

19 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Power Ltd. (87.20, 4.93%), Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (242.30, 3.72%) and Delta Corp Ltd. (188.50, 1.10%).

1 stock climbed above their 200 day SMA including Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (1605.80, 1.58%). 12 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including IDBI Bank Ltd. (35.85, -7.24%) and Rites Ltd. (247.95, -4.43%).