Daily market report

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Downtrend (day 1) · breadth steady · Internet & E-commerce leading · 1 industry turned Strong

1

Market direction

Nifty MidSmall 400 vs its 10 & 20 EMA

🔴 Confirmed Downtrend

Day 1

Market under pressure — protect capital; few or no new positions.

Index

21,158

10 EMA

21,160

20 EMA

21,247

Last 30 sessions

🔴

Market mood

Bearish24/100

BearishCautionNeutralBullishEuphoria

Nifty 50

-0.36%

Nifty 500 (Broad)

-0.12%

2

Market breadth

Advancers vs decliners

Advancing

958

Declining

1144

A/D Ratio

0.84

Unchanged

62

New 52W highs

60

vs

New 52W lows

32

New highs clearly outnumber new lows — leadership is broadening.

▲ Top 5 gainers

OPTIEMUSTrading & Distribution+20.00%
CUBEXTUBMining & Metals+19.99%
RACETrading & Distribution+19.99%
OPTIFIN—+19.89%
REGAALDiversified+16.50%

▼ Top 5 losers

TAALTECHIT Services-79.26%
GOCLCORPConglomerates-9.35%
AVROINDPlastics-8.47%
ATALREALInfrastructure & Construction-6.98%
JISLJALEQSPlastics-6.56%

Biggest % moves of the day across the N.E.X.T universe. Market data, not recommendations.

% stocks above key EMAs · vs last session

EMA 20

41%

▲ 0.3 pts

EMA 50

42%

▼ 1.9 pts

EMA 200

49%

▼ 2.5 pts

% above the 50 EMA, last 20 sessions — breadth steady

3

Industries

Weak Industries

37

of 66

🔄 Changes since the last session

▲ Turned Strong (1)

Defence

▼ Dropped from Strong (0)

No industry dropped from Strong today.

🚀 Top 5 Industries and N.E.X.T Verdictby % change

Internet & E-commerceMixed+1.63%
UnknownMixed+1.59%
Mining & MetalsWeak+1.46%
Trading & Distribution+1.09%
Castings & Forgings+0.96%

📉 Top 5 Worst Industries and N.E.X.T Verdictby % change

IT ServicesWeak-1.04%
AluminiumMixed-0.96%
Leather & FootwearWeak-0.88%
Paper & Packaging-0.78%
Plastics-0.77%

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4

The 3 NEXT scans

Today: fewer Follow Through Swing candidates than usual. The stock lists, with pivots and levels drawn, are inside N.E.X.T. Counts are screening outputs, not recommendations.

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