Daily market report
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Downtrend (day 5) · breadth steady · Telecom leading
Market direction
Nifty MidSmall 400 vs its 10 & 20 EMA
🔴 Confirmed Downtrend
Market under pressure — protect capital; few or no new positions.
Index
19,526
10 EMA
19,966
20 EMA
20,189
Last 30 sessions
Market mood
Bearish13/100
Nifty 50
-0.54%
Nifty 500 (Broad)
-0.91%
Market breadth
Advancers vs decliners
Advancing
568
Declining
1582
A/D Ratio
0.36
Unchanged
40
New 52W highs
12
vs
New 52W lows
328
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
12%
▼ 0.9 pts
EMA 50
15%
▼ 1.0 pts
EMA 200
33%
▼ 0.9 pts
% above the 50 EMA, last 20 sessions — breadth steady
Industries
Weak Industries
51
of 66
🔄 Changes since the last session
▲ Turned Strong (0)
No industry turned Strong today.
▼ Dropped from Strong (0)
No industry dropped from Strong today.
🚀 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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