Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 closed at 14518.90 (194, 1.4%) , BSE Sensex closed at 49008.50 (568.4, 1.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12158.55 (165.3, 1.4%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1742 stocks traded today, 1041 showed gains, and 649 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Container Corporation of India Ltd. (591.00, 7.46%), Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (206.35, 6.23%) and Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (76.60, 6.02%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Power Ltd. (94.20, -4.99%), InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1615.00, -2.92%) and Natco Pharma Ltd. (801.00, -2.10%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (846.00, 13.77%), IFB Industries Ltd. (1098.00, 11.39%) and Blue Dart Express Ltd. (5290.00, 8.36%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. (25.65, -10.31%) and TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd. (505.85, -0.35%).

Dishman Carbogen Amcis Ltd. (108.30, 4.64%) was trading at 5.8 times of weekly average. Lux Industries Ltd. (1790.00, 6.30%) and Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (883.80, 0.67%) were trading with volumes 4.4 and 4.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

6 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs, while 1 stock were underachiever and hit their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - 3M India Ltd. (29100.00, 2.97%), Godrej Industries Ltd. (531.95, 1.32%) and JSW Steel Ltd. (444.00, 1.37%).

Stock making new 52 weeks lows included - Future Retail Ltd. (47.25, -7.98%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including WABCO India Ltd. (6245.00, 10.66%) and Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (108.50, 5.39%). 8 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd. (37.55, -3.84%) and PVR Ltd. (1222.00, -1.39%).