Market sinks in afternoon trading. Nifty 50 was trading at 14849.45 (-92.9, -0.6%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 49004.67 (-497.7, -1.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12633.70 (-36.2, -0.3%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1726 stocks traded today, 1023 were on the uptrend, and 660 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (69.85, 6.40%), Container Corporation of India Ltd. (613.15, 5.73%) and Astral Ltd. (1641.35, 4.94%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd. (141.20, -3.49%), Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (2450.80, -3.18%) and Punjab National Bank (34.60, -2.81%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Suzlon Energy Ltd. (6.14, 9.64%), Spicejet Ltd. (68.05, 7.00%) and India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (350.10, 6.64%).

Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (230.55, 3.11%) was trading at 7.5 times of weekly average. PTC India Ltd. (87.70, 5.16%) and Container Corporation of India Ltd. (613.15, 5.73%) were trading with volumes 5.1 and 5.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

42 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (1184.45, 1.80%), Aegis Logistics Ltd. (337.85, 1.93%) and Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. (1023.00, -2.38%).

18 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Spicejet Ltd. (68.05, 7.00%) and ITI Ltd. (123.80, 4.12%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Punjab National Bank (34.60, -2.81%) and Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (707.05, -0.31%).