Nifty 50 was trading at 14666.20 (-30.3, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 48670.68 (-20.1, -0.0%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12483.55 (-54.4, -0.4%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1737 stocks traded today, 624 were gainers and 1066 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Asian Paints Ltd. (2787.95, 9.07%), UPL Ltd. (747.75, 8.11%) and Polycab India Ltd. (1622.45, 5.10%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1211.40, -7.77%), Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (422.75, -7.41%) and NMDC Ltd. (190.05, -6.36%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Omaxe Ltd. (83.95, 13.83%), Asian Paints Ltd. (2787.95, 9.07%) and TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd. (554.05, 8.90%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Pidilite Industries Ltd. (1857.85, -1.17%) and Century Plyboards (India) Ltd. (339.35, -0.76%).

Mas Financial Services Ltd. (882.00, 5.64%) was trading at 12.0 times of weekly average. Berger Paints (India) Ltd. (754.75, 2.81%) and Polycab India Ltd. (1622.45, 5.10%) were trading with volumes 5.4 and 5.1 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

15 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (1143.50, -4.99%), Birla Corporation Ltd. (1017.80, -2.41%) and Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd. (270.95, 5.96%).

12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Omaxe Ltd. (83.95, 13.83%) and Mas Financial Services Ltd. (882.00, 5.64%). 7 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Granules India Ltd. (323.60, -3.89%) and DCB Bank Ltd. (97.40, -2.99%).