Nifty 50 closed at 20901.15 (-36.6, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex closed at 69521.69 (-132.0, -0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 18703.85 (23.9, 0.1%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 1987 stocks traded today, 1098 were gainers and 856 were losers.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Tata Power Company Ltd. (325.80, 10.76%), Adani Total Gas Ltd. (1158.60, 10.00%) and NHPC Ltd. (64.25, 6.73%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include One97 Communications Ltd. (661.35, -18.66%), Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. (166.60, -3.73%) and IDFC First Bank Ltd. (87.70, -2.99%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Tata Power Company Ltd. (325.80, 10.76%), ITI Ltd. (300.10, 10.55%) and KIOCL Ltd. (342.15, 10.00%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were One97 Communications Ltd. (661.35, -18.66%), Ircon International Ltd. (160.75, -6.51%) and Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (408.60, -5.37%).

Finolex Industries Ltd. (214.45, 4.05%) was trading at 7.7 times of weekly average. HFCL Ltd. (70.35, 5.87%) and MMTC Ltd. (55.75, 9.96%) were trading with volumes 5.9 and 5.8 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

66 stocks took off, crossing 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Apollo Tyres Ltd. (455.15, -1.58%), Bajaj Finserv Ltd. (1704.05, 0.22%) and Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (8080.40, 2.56%).

12 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including HFCL Ltd. (70.35, 5.87%) and Redington Ltd. (168.70, 2.12%). 8 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including One97 Communications Ltd. (661.35, -18.66%) and Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (408.60, -5.37%).