Indian markets slumped today. Nifty 50 was trading at 14616.55 (-198.2, -1.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 49441.69 (-609.8, -1.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12271.15 (-146.2, -1.2%)

Market breadth is highly negative. Of the 1701 stocks traded today, 525 showed gains, and 1107 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Aarti Industries Ltd. (1374.65, 6.67%), Gujarat State Petronet Ltd. (273.05, 5.06%) and Adani Power Ltd. (106.65, 4.97%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Astral Poly Technik Ltd. (1599.65, -4.07%), Tata Steel Ltd. (711.70, -3.97%) and RBL Bank Ltd. (218.50, -3.66%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Aarti Industries Ltd. (1374.65, 6.67%), KPIT Technologies Ltd. (174.50, 4.93%) and Birla Corporation Ltd. (881.55, 3.79%).

Bank of Maharashtra (21.70, 3.58%) was trading at 3.8 times of weekly average.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

15 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Power Ltd. (106.65, 4.97%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (875.00, 3.24%) and Ambuja Cements Ltd. (305.00, 0.18%).

3 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (859.20, 1.54%) and Thyrocare Technologies Ltd. (877.05, 1.24%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Vodafone Idea Ltd. (9.90, -1.98%) and Nesco Ltd. (523.25, -1.98%).