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Nifty Midcap down nearly 7% from peak, tests 200-DMA; what chart says?

· Business Standard Mkts

Amid the downturn, the Nifty Midcap 100 tested its 200-DMA after a gap of five months; presently 58 index constituents traded below the long-term average on the daily charts.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.