Nifty 50 closed at 21731.40 (-47.3, -0.2%) , BSE Sensex closed at 72240.26 (-170.1, -0.2%) while the broader Nifty 500 closed at 19429.15 (29.9, 0.2%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 2025 stocks traded today, 1071 were on the uptick, and 905 were down.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include Vodafone Idea Ltd. (16.00, 20.75%), Indus Towers Ltd. (199.05, 6.96%) and 3M India Ltd. (37309.15, 6.32%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (398.90, -4.49%), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (450.65, -3.25%) and Oil India Ltd. (372.15, -2.76%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Vodafone Idea Ltd. (16.00, 20.75%), Kalpataru Projects International Ltd. (709.20, 7.85%) and Indus Towers Ltd. (199.05, 6.96%).

Top high volume losers on BSE were Privi Speciality Chemicals Ltd. (1176.25, -4.32%), CIE Automotive India Ltd. (470.70, -0.91%) and Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd. (3363.25, -0.86%).

Godrej Industries Ltd. (744.45, 5.60%) was trading at 12.0 times of weekly average. Avanti Feeds Ltd. (420.05, 4.69%) and Chalet Hotels Ltd. (696.45, 2.57%) were trading with volumes 9.0 and 8.3 times weekly average respectively on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

71 stocks made 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - 3M India Ltd. (37309.15, 6.32%), Ajanta Pharma Ltd. (2083.65, 4.48%) and Amara Raja Energy & Mobility Ltd. (816.00, -0.54%).

9 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including KRBL Ltd. (375.10, 4.09%) and Dabur India Ltd. (557.20, 2.60%). 3 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (1861.20, -1.09%) and Aegis Logistics Ltd. (351.90, 0.21%).