Markets are trading up today. Nifty 50 was trading at 15889.20 (77.4, 0.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 52823.28 (271.8, 0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13627.45 (0.54%).

Market breadth is highly positive. Of the 1742 stocks traded today, 1195 were on the uptick, and 509 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (30.75, 14.95%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (647.50, 7.63%) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (70.50, 4.60%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Transmission Ltd. (1441.40, -5.33%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1467.35, -5.02%) and Adani Power Ltd. (133.90, -4.97%).

Volume Shockers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Rain Industries Ltd. (201.25, 10.36%), PTC India Ltd. (107.30, 9.21%) and Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd. (55.40, 7.89%).

Prism Johnson Ltd. (131.55, 2.65%) was trading at 7.4 times of weekly average. Gujarat Gas Ltd. (647.50, 7.63%) and Garware Technical Fibres Ltd. (2983.25, 0.41%) were trading with volumes 4.8 and 3.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

49 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - ACC Ltd. (2050.05, 0.47%), Ambuja Cements Ltd. (342.85, 0.73%) and Asian Paints Ltd. (3025.05, 2.55%).

3 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Future Retail Ltd. (72.65, 9.99%) and Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd. (33.75, 3.85%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2070.30, -1.18%) and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (694.90, 0.43%).