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Market Breadth EOD: 7 September 2026

Five-day breadth changes: large and midcaps weaken, while small caps improve.

07 Sep 2026 · updated 08 Sep 2026

7 September 2026 · EOD · Compared with five daily bars earlier

What stands out to me is the split beneath the index moves. Large- and mid-cap participation weakened, while small caps improved. Microcaps held up better on price too, although their breadth recovery was mixed.

Five-day breadth cards

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The main figures are the current breadth percentages. Their changes are in percentage points (pp); the index-price change is a percentage return over the same five-bar window.

Nifty 50Nifty 500Nifty Midcap 150Nifty Smallcap 250Nifty Microcap 250

Nifty 50

Nifty 50 market breadth at EOD on 7 September 2026, showing current readings and changes from five daily bars earlier
The index fell 1.25%. Participation above the 50-day SMA dropped to 24% (−24 pp), while stocks with RSI above 50 fell to 18% (−30 pp). Weakness spread across the constituents.

Nifty 500

Nifty 500 market breadth at EOD on 7 September 2026, showing current readings and changes from five daily bars earlier
The index fell 1.24%. Participation above the 5-day SMA improved to 42.4% (+5 pp), but the 20-, 50- and 200-day readings declined. Short-term improvement is visible inside a weaker wider picture.

Nifty Midcap 150

Nifty Midcap 150 market breadth at EOD on 7 September 2026, showing current readings and changes from five daily bars earlier
The index fell 2.00%. Just 22.7% of stocks were above their 20-day SMA (−22 pp), and 34% were above their 50-day SMA (−16 pp). Price and participation weakened together.

Nifty Smallcap 250

Nifty Smallcap 250 market breadth at EOD on 7 September 2026, showing current readings and changes from five daily bars earlier
The index gained 0.67%. Participation above the 5-day SMA rose to 52.8% (+17.6 pp), with improvements above the 20- and 50-day averages too. This is the clearest shorter-term participation improvement among these five cards.

Nifty Microcap 250

Nifty Microcap 250 market breadth at EOD on 7 September 2026, showing current readings and changes from five daily bars earlier
The index gained 0.22%. Participation above the 5-, 50- and 200-day averages improved, but the 20-day reading fell to 42.2% (−3.2 pp). The recovery remains uneven across lookbacks.

My EOD reading

Small caps show the clearest improvement in shorter-term participation in this set. Even there, fewer than half the stocks were above their 20- or 50-day averages. I see improving participation, with more ground still to recover.

Nifty 50 and midcaps tell a weaker story: both lost substantial participation alongside falling prices. Nifty 500 shows a better 5-day reading, but its longer-lookback participation measures declined. Microcaps sit between the two, with improvement in several readings and weakness in the 20-day measure.

What I’ll watch next

I’m watching whether the small-cap improvement spreads into stronger 20- and 50-day participation, and whether Nifty 50 and midcaps begin to regain lost participation. In microcaps, the useful next check is whether the 20-day reading starts to catch up.

Explore the readings in Market Snapshot, compare groups in Breadth Matrix, and use Markets Engine to examine them alongside the index chart. LVB offers a separate view of price and participation rotation.

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Source: the five IndexBreadth EOD cards for 7 September 2026. This compares the latest readings with five daily bars earlier; it is not a day-by-day series.

Lovelesh Sharma
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CMT, CFTe

The views expressed are for educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

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