Nifty 50 closed at 15747.55 (77.3, 0.5%) , BSE Sensex closed at 52328.51 (228.5, 0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 13476.45 (82.6, 0.6%)

Market breadth is surging up. Of the 1806 stocks traded today, 1253 showed gains, and 515 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Power Ltd. (126.95, 20.05%), Indian Overseas Bank (21.70, 12.73%) and Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (2114.40, 10.03%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include NMDC Ltd. (182.10, -5.79%), Bajaj Finance Ltd. (5728.10, -4.43%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd. (1627.00, -4.35%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Adani Power Ltd. (126.95, 20.05%), Indian Overseas Bank (21.70, 12.73%) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (205.00, 10.90%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Varroc Engineering Ltd. (384.25, -11.49%), MRF Ltd. (82300.00, -3.08%) and InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (1752.45, -0.11%).

Cera Sanitaryware Ltd. (4370.00, 7.71%) was trading at 14.6 times of weekly average. Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (2114.40, 10.03%) and Torrent Power Ltd. (461.80, 7.05%) were trading with volumes 12.8 and 8.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

68 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - ACC Ltd. (2046.10, 1.80%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (878.00, 5.29%) and Adani Power Ltd. (126.95, 20.05%).

19 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (205.00, 10.90%) and Vakrangee Ltd. (48.75, 9.92%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including IOL Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (658.00, -6.11%) and Strides Pharma Science Ltd. (780.00, -0.98%).