Gloom in markets in mid day trading. Nifty 50 was trading at 15467.50 (-107.4, -0.7%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 51507.18 (-427.7, -0.8%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13186.95 (-23.5, -0.2%)

Market breadth is highly positive. Of the 1731 stocks traded today, 1193 were on the uptick, and 502 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd. (260.35, 9.71%), Adani Enterprises Ltd. (1544.85, 9.08%) and Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1549.00, 7.52%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include ITC Ltd. (209.50, -2.67%), Relaxo Footwears Ltd. (1059.20, -2.59%) and Aarti Industries Ltd. (1671.60, -2.29%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Sumitomo Chemical India Ltd. (363.45, 13.77%), PNB Housing Finance Ltd. (693.20, 9.90%) and Heritage Foods Ltd. (382.10, 9.08%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Responsive Industries Ltd. (150.00, -3.85%).

Gujarat Gas Ltd. (575.30, 6.46%) was trading at 6.8 times of weekly average. Nilkamal Ltd. (2330.00, 5.14%) and Aarti Drugs Ltd. (762.35, 3.50%) were trading with volumes 5.5 and 5.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

26 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Aegis Logistics Ltd. (372.35, 4.64%), Avanti Feeds Ltd. (608.20, 0.79%) and Container Corporation of India Ltd. (693.25, 0.01%).

6 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (707.00, 3.31%) and EPL Ltd. (247.70, 2.95%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Responsive Industries Ltd. (150.00, -3.85%) and Manappuram Finance Ltd. (161.05, 0.22%).