Nifty 50 was trading at 15663.85 (-76.3, -0.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 52025.80 (-249.8, -0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13434.50 (-62.1, -0.5%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1741 stocks traded today, 762 were on the uptrend, and 951 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Tata Power Company Ltd. (127.00, 8.50%), Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (427.50, 5.15%) and Adani Power Ltd. (158.75, 4.61%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Indian Overseas Bank (20.70, -5.26%), Petronet LNG Ltd. (236.85, -4.55%) and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (1444.25, -3.01%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Responsive Industries Ltd. (161.50, 9.98%), TeamLease Services Ltd. (3756.30, 8.55%) and Tata Power Company Ltd. (127.00, 8.50%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (916.80, -2.46%).

Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (139.55, 2.35%) was trading at 9.2 times of weekly average. Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (623.05, 4.17%) and Galaxy Surfactants Ltd. (3080.05, 0.60%) were trading with volumes 6.3 and 6.1 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

70 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (855.70, -2.12%), Adani Power Ltd. (158.75, 4.61%) and Astral Ltd. (1978.45, 2.57%).

3 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Responsive Industries Ltd. (161.50, 9.98%) and Force Motors Ltd. (1199.95, -0.59%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Petronet LNG Ltd. (236.85, -4.55%) and KRBL Ltd. (228.85, -2.43%).