Daily market report
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Downtrend (day 4) · breadth weakening · Shipping leading
Market direction
Nifty MidSmall 400 vs its 10 & 20 EMA
🔴 Confirmed Downtrend
Market under pressure — protect capital; few or no new positions.
Index
19,705
10 EMA
20,097
20 EMA
20,286
Last 30 sessions
Market mood
Bearish13/100
Nifty 50
-0.34%
Nifty 500 (Broad)
-1.70%
Market breadth
Advancers vs decliners
Advancing
249
Declining
1908
A/D Ratio
0.13
Unchanged
31
New 52W highs
27
vs
New 52W lows
268
New lows clearly outnumber new highs — the market is under pressure.
▲ Top 5 gainers
▼ Top 5 losers
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
13%
▼ 9.2 pts
EMA 50
16%
▼ 6.7 pts
EMA 200
34%
▼ 6.2 pts
% above the 50 EMA, last 20 sessions — breadth weakening
Industries
Weak Industries
51
of 66
🔄 Changes since the last session
▲ Turned Strong (0)
No industry turned Strong today.
▼ Dropped from Strong (1)
🚀 Top 5 Industries and N.E.X.T Verdictby % change
📉 Top 5 Worst Industries and N.E.X.T Verdictby % change
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The 3 NEXT scans
Today: fewer Follow Through Swing candidates than usual; fewer 20 EMA Base candidates than usual; fewer IPO Base 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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