Nifty 50 was trading at 15796.90 (-72.4, -0.5%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 52536.69 (-236.4, -0.5%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13545.50 (-62.3, -0.5%)

Market breadth is in the red. Of the 1741 stocks traded today, 693 showed gains, and 1018 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include The New India Assurance Company Ltd. (175.25, 5.64%), Natco Pharma Ltd. (1141.75, 3.11%) and General Insurance Corporation of India (200.60, 2.95%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Transmission Ltd. (1369.35, -5.33%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1394.00, -5.02%) and Adani Power Ltd. (127.25, -4.97%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included WABCO India Ltd. (7612.05, 10.30%), BASF India Ltd. (2748.85, 7.81%) and S H Kelkar & Company Ltd. (162.55, 6.73%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were IIFL Wealth Management Ltd. (1147.50, -0.91%) and Jamna Auto Industries Ltd. (86.00, -0.06%).

General Insurance Corporation of India (200.60, 2.95%) was trading at 5.3 times of weekly average. Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. (30.70, 4.60%) and Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (3269.00, 2.93%) were trading with volumes 4.1 and 3.7 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

35 stocks hit their 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - BASF India Ltd. (2748.85, 7.81%), Crisil Ltd. (2519.05, 1.86%) and Cyient Ltd. (848.90, 2.33%).

2 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including KRBL Ltd. (235.45, -0.19%) and Whirlpool of India Ltd. (2288.25, -2.68%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Future Retail Ltd. (69.05, -4.96%) and Mas Financial Services Ltd. (877.45, -2.32%).