Gloom in markets in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 14349.60 (-485.3, -3.3%) , BSE Sensex closed at 47883.38 (-1707.9, -3.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 12052.45 (-475.0, -3.8%)

Market breadth is overwhelmingly negative. Of the 1764 stocks traded today, 144 showed gains, and 1596 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Dr. Lal Pathlabs Ltd. (3314.50, 5.66%), Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4989.20, 4.81%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2159.15, 3.51%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (45.05, -12.52%), DLF Ltd. (246.60, -11.79%) and Tata Power Company Ltd. (92.20, -11.43%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4989.20, 4.81%), Solara Active Pharma Sciences Ltd. (1420.00, 3.07%) and Cipla Ltd. (907.50, 2.77%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were RBL Bank Ltd. (188.60, -10.64%), Ashoka Buildcon Ltd. (87.20, -10.06%) and Aavas Financiers Ltd. (2135.00, -8.26%).

Brigade Enterprises Ltd. (254.70, -4.30%) was trading at 7.7 times of weekly average. Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (874.65, 1.37%) and TTK Prestige Ltd. (7305.00, -2.29%) were trading with volumes 5.8 and 5.7 times weekly average respectively 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. (499.95, -2.82%), Cipla Ltd. (907.50, 2.77%) and eClerx Services Ltd. (1215.00, -0.48%).

3 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (4989.20, 4.81%) and Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2579.15, 0.17%). 49 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including RBL Bank Ltd. (188.60, -10.64%) and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (184.20, -10.60%).