Nifty 50 was trading at 15789.05 (51.3, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 52442.76 (142.3, 0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13552.00 (34.8, 0.3%)

Market breadth is neutral. Of the 1732 stocks traded today, 835 were in the positive territory and 869 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Au Small Finance Bank Ltd. (1048.25, 5.61%), Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (809.50, 5.12%) and Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1017.95, 4.50%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Power Ltd. (148.00, -3.96%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (826.55, -2.39%) and Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. (420.90, -2.26%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Alok Industries Ltd. (27.70, 13.76%), VRL Logistics Ltd. (296.40, 10.74%) and Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (78.55, 7.16%).

NBCC (India) Ltd. (52.25, 7.07%) was trading at 4.7 times of weekly average. Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (3694.30, 4.21%) and Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (809.50, 5.12%) were trading with volumes 4.5 and 4.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

47 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Aegis Logistics Ltd. (379.80, 1.01%), Astral Ltd. (1933.35, -2.11%) and Bajaj Finance Ltd. (6155.10, 1.13%).

12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Alok Industries Ltd. (27.70, 13.76%) and Future Consumer Ltd. (9.34, 10.53%).