Market Breadth Today — Nifty 500
Advances and declines, the share of stocks above their 20-, 50- and 200-day averages, and new 52-week highs and lows - to see whether a move is broad or narrow.
How many Nifty 500 stocks rose versus fell, the share trading above their 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages, and new 52-week highs and lows - for the latest session and the last sixty, with today's advance/decline count as prices update.
An index tells you what the biggest companies did. Breadth tells you what the rest of the market did. The Nifty can rise on a handful of heavyweights while most stocks fall, and a rally like that tends to look very different from one where hundreds of stocks rise together.
This page measures breadth across the Nifty 500 every session: how many stocks advanced and declined, how many trade above their 20-, 50- and 200-day moving averages, and how many made a new 52-week high or low. The history table and the charts show how those readings have moved over the last sixty sessions.
The breadth measures on this page
Advances and declines count the stocks that closed above or below their previous close; the advance/decline ratio divides one by the other, so a reading above 1 means more stocks rose than fell. The advance-decline line adds each session's advances minus declines to a running total; its direction over weeks matters more than its level.
Stocks above a moving average is the share of the universe trading above its 20-, 50- or 200-day simple average. The 20-day reading turns quickly with short swings, the 50-day tracks the intermediate trend and the 200-day the long-term one. A stock only enters a count once it has enough history for that average.
New 52-week highs and lows count stocks closing at or beyond the highest or lowest close of the previous year of sessions. Expanding new highs alongside a rising index confirm the move; an index making highs while new highs shrink is a classic sign of narrowing participation.
How to read breadth against the index
The most useful readings are disagreements. An index that rises while declines outnumber advances is being carried by a few large stocks - check the pullers and draggers to see which. An index that falls while the share of stocks above their 50-day average holds steady is often a pullback in heavyweights rather than a broad sell-off.
Extremes matter too. When only a small share of stocks remain above their 200-day average, the market is broadly in a downtrend, and when almost all are above it, the move is mature. Neither is a timing signal on its own; breadth describes participation, not what happens next.
Where this data comes from
The history is computed from end-of-day closes for the Nifty 500 universe stored by Strota, one row per session. Today's advance and decline count at the top of the table updates during the session from the latest available prices and settles at the close.
Because the universe is the Nifty 500, the counts can differ slightly from breadth figures quoted for all NSE-listed stocks, which include thousands of smaller companies.
Key takeaways
- Breadth measures how many stocks take part in a move, not how far the index moves.
- An A/D ratio above 1 means more stocks rose than fell; the A/D line tracks the running total.
- The share of stocks above the 200-day average gauges the long-term trend across the market.
- Expanding new highs confirm a rising index; shrinking new highs at index highs signal narrowing.
- Disagreements between breadth and the index are the most informative readings.
Frequently asked questions
What is market breadth?
Market breadth measures how many stocks are participating in a market move - for example, how many advanced versus declined, or what share trade above their moving averages. It shows whether an index move is broad-based or driven by a few large stocks.
What is the advance/decline ratio today?
The top of the page shows today's advances, declines and ratio across the Nifty 500 as prices update, and the history table shows the ratio for each recent session. A ratio above 1 means more stocks rose than fell.
What percentage of stocks are above the 200-day moving average?
The summary tiles show the share of Nifty 500 stocks closing above their 200-day simple moving average in the latest session, and the chart shows how that share has moved over the last sixty sessions.
Why can the Nifty rise while most stocks fall?
Because the Nifty 50 is weighted by free-float market capitalisation, a few heavyweights can lift it even when most of the market declines. Breadth reveals that; the pullers and draggers page shows which stocks carried the index.
How are new 52-week highs and lows counted?
A stock counts as a new 52-week high when its close is at or above the highest close of the previous 252 sessions, and as a new low when it is at or below the lowest. Stocks without a year of history are left out.
Which stocks are included?
The Nifty 500 universe, using end-of-day closes stored by Strota. Counts can differ slightly from all-exchange breadth figures, which include thousands of smaller listed companies.