Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 15557.10 (121.5, 0.8%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 51805.13 (382.3, 0.7%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13212.05 (0.72%).

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1774 stocks traded today, 995 were on the uptrend, and 738 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include ABB India Ltd. (1680.70, 5.79%), Dr. Lal Pathlabs Ltd. (2951.40, 5.19%) and Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. (365.65, 4.88%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (807.10, -4.58%), Bank of Baroda (80.55, -3.94%) and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (591.00, -2.73%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included PNB Housing Finance Ltd. (525.20, 19.89%), Redington (India) Ltd. (262.85, 19.61%) and Solar Industries India Ltd. (1526.05, 8.63%).

Vakrangee Ltd. (42.35, 4.44%) was trading at 9.5 times of weekly average. Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. (365.65, 4.88%) and VRL Logistics Ltd. (262.05, 5.88%) were trading with volumes 9.4 and 7.5 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

17 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Container Corporation of India Ltd. (681.30, 2.04%), CARE Ratings Ltd. (591.55, 2.84%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (299.20, -2.72%).

6 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Manappuram Finance Ltd. (161.95, 3.61%) and IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (687.65, 3.10%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Force Motors Ltd. (1200.00, -3.77%) and Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (773.00, -2.75%).