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Will Nifty's 8-week losing streak trigger a relief rally but the big bottom isn't in yet

NSE is in focus.

· Economic Times Markets

Only 12% of NSE 500 stocks are trading above their 20-day moving averages, while just 16% are above their 50-day averages, conditions similar to those seen near the end of the March correction. Yet medium- and long-term breadth is not as depressed, suggesting that any rebound may be a short-covering rally within a broader corrective phase rather than the start of a durable market bottom.

NSE reported movement of 12% and 16%. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.

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.

  • With NSE involved, this carries a regulatory dimension that can outlast the immediate market reaction.
  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.
  • The immediate tone of coverage reads positive.