Nifty 50 was trading at 15736.55 (66.3, 0.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 52274.34 (174.3, 0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13468.15 (74.3, 0.6%)

Market breadth is ticking up strongly. Of the 1792 stocks traded today, 1331 were gainers and 427 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Power Ltd. (126.95, 20.05%), Indian Overseas Bank (21.25, 10.39%) and Torrent Power Ltd. (466.40, 8.11%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bajaj Finance Ltd. (5733.95, -4.33%), Adani Enterprises Ltd. (1628.90, -4.24%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (11809.70, -2.85%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Adani Power Ltd. (126.95, 20.05%), Torrent Power Ltd. (466.40, 8.11%) and GE Power India Ltd. (332.15, 7.93%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Varroc Engineering Ltd. (385.00, -11.32%) and MRF Ltd. (83123.35, -2.11%).

Cera Sanitaryware Ltd. (4298.65, 5.96%) was trading at 10.5 times of weekly average. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (2051.50, 6.75%) and Rites Ltd. (265.00, 6.26%) were trading with volumes 7.0 and 4.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

61 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - ACC Ltd. (2050.00, 2.00%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (883.00, 5.89%) and Adani Power Ltd. (126.95, 20.05%).

20 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Vakrangee Ltd. (48.75, 9.92%) and GE Power India Ltd. (332.15, 7.93%). 3 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (665.60, -5.03%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2042.20, -0.81%).