Nifty 50 was trading at 21655.55 (33.2, 0.2%) , BSE Sensex was trading at 71748.09 (64.9, 0.1%) while the broader Nifty 500 was trading at 19655.70 (49.3, 0.3%)

Market breadth is in the green. Of the 2012 stocks traded today, 1161 showed gains, and 818 showed losses.

Riding High:

Largecap and midcap gainers today include NHPC Ltd. (81.00, 10.13%), Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd. (176.25, 9.98%) and Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (1044.20, 6.14%).

Downers:

Largecap and midcap losers today include Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (2481.55, -3.27%), Abbott India Ltd. (25104.65, -2.95%) and Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. (6675.05, -2.94%).

Volume Rockets

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

Top high volume gainers on BSE included Rites Ltd. (651.20, 17.66%), Ceat Ltd. (2928.05, 12.85%) and HFCL Ltd. (98.80, 11.58%).

SIS Ltd. (522.10, 9.70%) was trading at 15.5 times of weekly average. Rain Industries Ltd. (160.70, 6.88%) was trading with volume 4.6 times weekly average on BSE at the time of posting this article.

BSE 500: highs, lows and moving averages

67 stocks overperformed with 52 week highs,

Stocks touching their year highs included - Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (6170.50, 1.24%), Apollo Tyres Ltd. (519.40, 3.17%) and Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd. (8290.35, -2.15%).

10 stocks climbed above their 200 day SMA including Rain Industries Ltd. (160.70, 6.88%) and KNR Constructions Ltd. (272.20, 3.95%). 4 stocks slipped below their 200 SMA including V-Mart Retail Ltd. (2023.20, -2.19%) and Data Patterns (India) Ltd. (1895.15, -1.44%).