Upbeat trading today. Nifty 50 was trading at 15435.15 (97.3, 0.6%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 51401.39 (286.2, 0.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13134.90 (0.53%).

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1728 stocks traded today, 750 showed gains, and 938 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Reliance Industries Ltd. (2085.95, 5.56%), HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2971.95, 4.65%) and Vodafone Idea Ltd. (8.79, 4.02%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include TVS Motor Company Ltd. (623.45, -4.14%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (673.15, -3.77%) and Adani Power Ltd. (92.10, -3.21%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Redington (India) Ltd. (219.05, 19.60%), Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. (2564.00, 11.57%) and SIS Ltd. (430.90, 6.42%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (673.15, -3.77%) and Time Technoplast Ltd. (87.95, -0.85%).

Solar Industries India Ltd. (1402.85, 4.89%) was trading at 7.6 times of weekly average. HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2971.95, 4.65%) and Venky's (India) Ltd. (2415.05, 5.49%) were trading with volumes 4.6 and 4.4 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

28 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (11800.00, -0.75%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (684.90, 0.31%) and CCL Products India Ltd. (361.50, 1.77%).

9 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including SIS Ltd. (430.90, 6.42%) and Reliance Industries Ltd. (2085.95, 5.56%). 3 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Vakrangee Ltd. (40.55, -4.92%) and Rites Ltd. (250.50, -0.22%).