Nifty 50 was trading at 15848.65 (58.2, 0.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 52850.29 (151.3, 0.3%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 13533.00 (64.8, 0.5%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1731 stocks traded today, 1049 were gainers and 643 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (3444.20, 7.52%), Indian Overseas Bank (24.45, 5.84%) and Vedanta Ltd. (262.80, 4.72%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1189.30, -5.00%), Adani Transmission Ltd. (1194.15, -4.90%) and Emami Ltd. (539.75, -2.43%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (160.30, 11.71%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (3444.20, 7.52%) and Navin Fluorine International Ltd. (3604.30, 5.73%).

Chalet Hotels Ltd. (181.15, 2.11%) was trading at 5.6 times of weekly average. Laurus Labs Ltd. (658.95, 5.30%) and Ashok Leyland Ltd. (123.65, 4.61%) were trading with volumes 4.4 and 3.9 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

24 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Allcargo Logistics Ltd. (160.30, 11.71%), Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (3444.20, 7.52%) and Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (12462.95, 1.05%).

4 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Sterling and Wilson Solar Ltd. (257.55, 5.34%) and Manappuram Finance Ltd. (164.05, 2.50%). 2 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (1727.85, -0.58%) and Exide Industries Ltd. (182.65, 0.41%).