Nifty 50 closed at 17711.30 (-37.3, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex closed at 59413.27 (-254.3, -0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 15086.95 (-8.7, -0.1%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1787 stocks traded today, 985 were in the positive territory and 731 were negative.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Oil India Ltd. (254.45, 9.09%), Tata Power Company Ltd. (151.60, 8.25%) and NTPC Ltd. (140.65, 6.59%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Abbott India Ltd. (19555.80, -6.93%), HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2905.15, -5.50%) and Info Edge (India) Ltd. (6441.80, -4.64%).

Movers and Shakers

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included PTC India Ltd. (111.55, 13.13%), Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (1167.30, 10.24%) and Oil India Ltd. (254.45, 9.09%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Computer Age Management Services Ltd. (3134.65, -9.28%), Abbott India Ltd. (19555.80, -6.93%) and HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2905.15, -5.50%).

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (355.05, -3.96%) was trading at 152.0 times of weekly average. ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd. (2410.35, 4.76%) and La Opala RG Ltd. (318.05, 6.26%) were trading with volumes 20.5 and 8.6 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

34 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Cipla Ltd. (987.60, 1.71%), Coal India Ltd. (185.70, 6.39%) and Delta Corp Ltd. (253.30, -1.67%).

8 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (382.50, 5.84%) and Union Bank of India (36.40, 4.00%). 6 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd. (2905.15, -5.50%) and Dhanuka Agritech Ltd. (817.30, -1.57%).