Nifty 50 was trading at 14579.05 (21.2, 0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 49392.97 (176.5, 0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12174.00 (-0.5, 0%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly negative. Of the 1696 stocks traded today, 487 were in the positive territory and 1155 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include NHPC Ltd. (25.00, 4.60%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (228.75, 3.48%) and NTPC Ltd. (107.40, 3.47%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (122.25, -7.39%), Godrej Properties Ltd. (1278.30, -5.03%) and Trent Ltd. (783.90, -4.77%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included NHPC Ltd. (25.00, 4.60%) and Aavas Financiers Ltd. (2232.25, 1.21%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Future Consumer Ltd. (6.40, -9.86%), Oil India Ltd. (122.05, -4.24%) and Dish TV India Ltd. (9.75, -3.47%).

Grindwell Norton Ltd. (849.25, -1.78%) was trading at 7.9 times of weekly average.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

2 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 1 stock hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - Persistent Systems Ltd. (1919.70, 3.84%) and Indian Energy Exchange Ltd. (369.50, 3.39%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Future Retail Ltd. (55.90, -9.98%).

3 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including WABCO India Ltd. (6145.65, 1.57%) and Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (1603.60, 1.04%). 18 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Heritage Foods Ltd. (306.65, -3.40%) and Jai Corp Ltd. (86.20, -3.09%).