Indian markets slumped today. Nifty 50 was trading at 14319.65 (-515.2, -3.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 47910.11 (-1681.2, -3.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12038.45 (-489.0, -3.9%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly negative. Of the 1747 stocks traded today, 125 were on the uptrend, and 1584 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Cipla Ltd. (917.25, 3.87%), Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2153.90, 3.26%) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4902.00, 2.98%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (1035.00, -11.88%), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (45.40, -11.84%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (170.20, -11.77%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (1477.35, 7.23%), Cipla Ltd. (917.25, 3.87%) and Gujarat Alkalies & Chemicals Ltd. (417.50, 1.11%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Aavas Financiers Ltd. (2210.85, -5.00%), Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (256.05, -3.79%) and Schaeffler India Ltd. (5134.00, -3.51%).

Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (854.15, -1.00%) was trading at 4.4 times of weekly average. Pfizer Ltd. (4803.15, 0.02%) was trading with volume 3.5 times weekly average on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

14 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Cadila Healthcare Ltd. (515.25, 0.16%), Cipla Ltd. (917.25, 3.87%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (1202.20, -1.53%).

4 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4902.00, 2.98%) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2588.15, 0.52%). 47 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including RBL Bank Ltd. (187.00, -11.40%) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (183.75, -10.82%).