Markets rose in today's trading. Nifty 50 closed at 15455.30 (117.5, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex closed at 51422.88 (307.7, 0.6%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 13130.70 (64.5, 0.5%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1749 stocks traded today, 653 were on the uptrend, and 1064 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Reliance Industries Ltd. (2094.90, 6.01%), L&T Finance Holdings Ltd. (93.60, 5.76%) and Canara Bank (161.50, 5.11%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2037.00, -7.54%), 3M India Ltd. (25284.95, -4.87%) and TVS Motor Company Ltd. (620.00, -4.67%).

Volume Shockers

21 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. (2498.60, 8.72%) and SIS Ltd. (434.45, 7.30%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2037.00, -7.54%), Fine Organic Industries Ltd. (3016.00, -7.21%) and 3M India Ltd. (25284.95, -4.87%).

Solar Industries India Ltd. (1409.55, 5.39%) was trading at 14.0 times of weekly average. HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2980.00, 4.94%) and Venky's (India) Ltd. (2357.10, 2.96%) were trading with volumes 6.4 and 5.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

30 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (11686.20, -1.70%), Bharat Forge Ltd. (678.00, -0.70%) and CCL Products India Ltd. (365.75, 2.97%).

9 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including SIS Ltd. (434.45, 7.30%) and Reliance Industries Ltd. (2094.90, 6.01%). 5 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2037.00, -7.54%) and Vakrangee Ltd. (40.55, -4.92%).