Nifty 50 closed at 15809.70 (10.4, 0.1%) , BSE Sensex closed at 52551.53 (76.8, 0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 13555.80 (-8.1, -0.1%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1789 stocks traded today, 779 were on the uptrend, and 979 went down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Rajesh Exports Ltd. (614.40, 9.32%), Endurance Technologies Ltd. (1576.55, 5.30%) and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1587.00, 4.61%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (67.35, -11.61%), Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (768.70, -8.46%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd. (1501.25, -6.27%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included FDC Ltd. (381.40, 13.01%), eClerx Services Ltd. (1769.80, 9.71%) and Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd. (216.60, 6.46%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. (768.70, -8.46%), Zensar Technologies Ltd. (289.60, -7.06%) and Adani Enterprises Ltd. (1501.25, -6.27%).

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1587.00, 4.61%) was trading at 7.8 times of weekly average. Maharashtra Seamless Ltd. (319.05, 3.54%) and AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd. (3810.00, 0.78%) were trading with volumes 6.0 and 5.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

36 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Bajaj Finance Ltd. (6198.00, 1.27%), Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (676.10, 1.59%) and Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (447.15, 12.67%).

4 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Bayer Cropscience Ltd. (5594.00, 2.37%) and Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2092.05, 2.21%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (691.70, -3.76%) and Sunteck Realty Ltd. (301.00, -1.81%).