Nifty 50 closed at 14838.05 (-35.8, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex closed at 49591.32 (-154.9, -0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12528.70 (-13.0, -0.1%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1734 stocks traded today, 977 were gainers and 712 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include JSW Energy Ltd. (100.15, 12.97%), Indian Overseas Bank (17.80, 10.90%) and Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1091.75, 9.92%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (1174.35, -6.19%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (4873.20, -3.11%) and Adani Transmission Ltd. (971.80, -3.05%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. (414.90, 19.76%), Bank of Maharashtra (24.80, 16.98%) and Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd. (704.40, 13.49%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Cholamandalam Financial Holdings Ltd. (584.00, -2.63%), Aavas Financiers Ltd. (2342.15, -1.98%) and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. (529.00, -1.10%).

S H Kelkar & Company Ltd. (130.00, 11.59%) was trading at 15.4 times of weekly average. FDC Ltd. (309.20, 6.69%) and Esab India Ltd. (1854.45, 1.43%) were trading with volumes 15.1 and 9.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

40 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - ACC Ltd. (1959.00, -1.14%), Ambuja Cements Ltd. (315.90, -1.53%) and Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd. (283.45, 5.00%).

18 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Aster DM Healthcare Ltd. (148.10, 8.82%) and FDC Ltd. (309.20, 6.69%). 5 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Coal India Ltd. (129.55, -1.60%) and Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. (68.00, -1.38%).