Gemstone Equity Research & Advisory Services

Institutional Research. Individual Advice.

Are We In For An Improved Market Breadth? The Level Of

9200 Holds The Key

The Indian markets saw a strong start to the week as the headline index ended with a
robust gain of 132.65 points (+1.20%). With this move, the index has once again
attempted to achieve a breakout. This being said, over past many weeks, the market
breadth has been an area of concern. With each up move that we witnessed while the
markets remained range bound, it came with fractured breadth.

For any market to enjoy a sustainable secular up move, it is very important that it comes
with healthy market breadth. Keeping the NIFTY aside which might see some
consolidation at higher levels, we examine the CNX500 chart which suggests that we
might be in for a stable market breadth over coming days.

CNX500 is a broader market index; it is comprised of 500 stocks which represent over
95% of the floating market cap of all stocks listed on the NSE.

1
Page

www.equityresearch.asia
 Gemstone Equity Research & Advisory Services
Institutional Research. Individual Advice.

In the daily chart seen above, the RS Line appears to have reversed its downtrend and
now looks to inch higher. It has penetrated its 50-DMA. The CNX500 has also penetrated
the 200-DMA, consolidated briefly, and has continued to move higher.

The index looks slightly overbought on RSI and Stochastic and may cause it to
consolidate. In any worst-case scenario, so long as the CNX500 holds 9100-mark, it will
help the market breadth stabilize and improve gradually.

Similarly, as seen on the weekly chart above, the CNX500 index resisted to the 50-Week
MA for nearly 15 weeks and has attempted a breakout. This 50-Week MA, which is
presently at 9213 has almost acted as a proxy trend line. On the weekly charts, the
MACD remains in continuing buy mode while PPO is positive. We should not
conclusively read the weekly indicators as the week is incomplete and the final bar may
change.

Overall, the 200-Day MA level of 9185 and 50-Week MA of 9213 are very important
levels to watch for coming days. This means that so long as the CNX500 index keeps its
head above the 9200 level, the market breadth will not deteriorate. Any slip below the
9200 level will again cause cracks in the market breadth.
2
Page

www.equityresearch.asia
 Gemstone Equity Research & Advisory Services
Institutional Research. Individual Advice.

Milan Vaishnav, CMT, MSTA

Consulting Technical Analyst
www.EquityResearch.asia

(Milan Vaishnav, CMT, MSTA is Consultant Technical Analyst at Gemstone Equity

Research & Advisory Services, Vadodara. He can be reached at
milan.vaishnav@equityresearch.asia)

Milan Vaishnav, CMT, MSTA, Consulting Technical Analyst

Member: (CMT Association, USA / CSTA, Canada / STA, UK) | (Research Analyst, SEBI
Reg. No. INH000003341)
Tel: +91-70164 32277 | www.EquityResearch.asia |
milan.vaishnav@equityresearch.asia

3
Page

www.equityresearch.asia