Nifty 50 was trading at 18078.00 (65.8, 0.4%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 60961.95 (215.4, 0.4%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 15473.10 (49.1, 0.3%)

Market breadth is holding steady. Of the 1910 stocks traded today, 934 were on the uptick, and 898 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Adani Enterprises Ltd. (3534.75, 5.60%), Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (3798.45, 5.25%) and FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd. (1201.85, 4.26%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Axis Bank Ltd. (872.05, -3.75%), Ashok Leyland Ltd. (147.90, -3.52%) and Eicher Motors Ltd. (3765.50, -2.21%).

Crowd Puller Stocks

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included ITI Ltd. (115.45, 8.81%), Saregama India Ltd. (397.95, 6.01%) and Godfrey Phillips India Ltd. (1572.95, 5.96%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Timken India Ltd. (2858.85, -4.72%) and TeamLease Services Ltd. (2900.00, -0.39%).

TCI Express Ltd. (1897.15, 0.22%) was trading at 10.1 times of weekly average. Heidelberg Cement India Ltd. (199.55, 5.53%) and Divi's Laboratories Ltd. (3798.45, 5.25%) were trading with volumes 5.6 and 4.0 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

20 stocks hit their 52 week highs, while 2 stocks tanked below their 52 week lows.

Stocks touching their year highs included - AIA Engineering Ltd. (2700.40, 0.70%), Bank of Baroda (147.55, -0.10%) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (75.50, 1.96%).

Stocks making new 52 weeks lows included - Intellect Design Arena Ltd. (423.05, -1.98%) and Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. (379.25, 1.08%).

20 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including ITI Ltd. (115.45, 8.81%) and Heidelberg Cement India Ltd. (199.55, 5.53%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Blue Dart Express Ltd. (7341.00, -3.24%) and Shriram Transport Finance Company Ltd. (1207.55, -1.76%).