Nifty 50 was trading at 15219.45 (44.2, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 50697.64 (157.2, 0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 12977.80 (60.0, 0.5%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1769 stocks traded today, 1121 were gainers and 604 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Natco Pharma Ltd. (1085.50, 9.64%), Container Corporation of India Ltd. (640.70, 9.22%) and Thermax Ltd. (1475.05, 4.07%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (331.95, -3.66%), Oberoi Realty Ltd. (595.70, -2.66%) and Shree Cements Ltd. (26980.90, -2.32%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included JTEKT India Ltd. (112.15, 17.13%), Birlasoft Ltd. (298.50, 11.76%) and Natco Pharma Ltd. (1085.50, 9.64%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Amber Enterprises India Ltd. (2939.00, -2.21%).

Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2173.55, 2.66%) was trading at 9.8 times of weekly average. Container Corporation of India Ltd. (640.70, 9.22%) and AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (3850.00, 2.02%) were trading with volumes 4.7 and 4.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

33 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Transmission Ltd. (1510.50, 3.90%), Atul Ltd. (8654.25, 1.07%) and Bharat Electronics Ltd. (159.35, 1.11%).

10 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Chalet Hotels Ltd. (164.60, 5.28%) and Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (164.45, 2.59%). 1 stock slipped below their 200 SMA including Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (1597.95, -1.78%).