Daily market report

Thursday, 29 October 2026

Uptrend try (day 1) · breadth improving · Shipping leading · 2 industries turned Strong

1

Market direction

Nifty MidSmall 400 vs its 10 & 20 EMA

🟡 Uptrend Try

Day 1

Price is back above the 10 EMA, but the 10 EMA is still under the 20 EMA — moderate size, controlled risk until it confirms.

Index

19,756

10 EMA

19,722

20 EMA

19,905

Last 30 sessions

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Market mood

Caution31/100

BearishCautionNeutralBullishEuphoria

Nifty 50

+1.05%

Nifty 500 (Broad)

+0.79%

2

Market breadth

Advancers vs decliners

Advancing

1297

Declining

850

A/D Ratio

1.53

Unchanged

52

New 52W highs

37

vs

New 52W lows

72

New lows clearly outnumber new highs — the market is under pressure.

▲ Top 5 gainers

SAKUMATrading & Distribution+19.63%
DCMSRINDSugar & Ethanol+15.79%
ZODIACEPC & Engineering Services+14.62%
UTTAMSUGARSugar & Ethanol+14.24%
NILKAMALPlastics+13.63%

▼ Top 5 losers

VAIBHAVGBLGems & Jewellery-15.72%
NAGAFERTFertilizers-13.66%
EQUITASBNKBanks - Private-12.22%
ECLERXIT Services-11.02%
INDOUSFMCG - Diversified-9.77%

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

27%

▲ 3.2 pts

EMA 50

22%

▲ 3.3 pts

EMA 200

34%

▲ 1.2 pts

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

3

Industries

Weak Industries

49

of 66

🔄 Changes since the last session

▲ Turned Strong (2)

Textile - Yarn & FibrePharma

▼ Dropped from Strong (0)

No industry dropped from Strong today.

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

ShippingWeak+3.35%
Sugar & EthanolMixed+3.29%
Pharma - MNCWeak+2.14%
Banks - PSU+1.84%
Power & Utilities+1.71%

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

IT HardwareWeak-1.37%
Ceramics & Building ProductsWeak-1.07%
Gems & JewelleryModerate-0.62%
Telecom-0.39%
Agrochemicals-0.33%

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4

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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