Nifty 50 closed at 15859.20 (47.4, 0.3%) , BSE Sensex closed at 52773.05 (221.5, 0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 13600.20 (46.1, 0.3%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1756 stocks traded today, 1029 showed gains, and 701 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (30.60, 14.39%), Gujarat Gas Ltd. (648.40, 7.78%) and Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2345.00, 6.99%).

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%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included GMR Infrastructure Ltd. (30.60, 14.39%), KEI Industries Ltd. (714.65, 10.48%) and Rain Industries Ltd. (199.40, 9.35%).

Top high volume loser on BSE was J B Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (1506.05, -2.51%).

Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2345.00, 6.99%) was trading at 13.6 times of weekly average. Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Ltd. (54.70, 6.52%) and Prism Johnson Ltd. (130.70, 1.99%) were trading with volumes 9.8 and 8.2 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

56 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - ACC Ltd. (2041.60, 0.05%), Ambuja Cements Ltd. (341.50, 0.34%) and Asian Paints Ltd. (3035.00, 2.88%).

5 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Future Retail Ltd. (72.65, 9.99%) and Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2345.00, 6.99%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Ipca Laboratories Ltd. (2062.55, -1.55%) and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (699.90, 1.16%).