Nifty 50 shed 0.5% across the five sessions to close at 24,056, still below its 200-day average and 8.6% off its 52-week high. The headline loss masked a quieter internal improvement: the share of stocks above their 200-day average edged from 40.5% to 41% by week's end, and the Stage-2 advancing cohort grew by 72 names to 755 stocks — 33.8% of the market. Eighty stocks moved from Stage 1 into Stage 2 over the week against only nine exiting Stage 2 into Stage 3, a net inflow of 71. The regime remains weak but recovering, with the near-term read neutral-to-up.
How the week split by sector
Health Care was the clear weekly leader, gaining 2.3%, with Real Estate and Financials each adding fractionally. That Health Care result is consistent with its deeper trend — up 17.6% over three months and 2.8% over one month — and its Stage-2 cohort is among the three fastest-expanding on the exchange over the past 20 sessions. Financials and Materials are in the same company on that expansion measure, even though Materials gave back 2.3% this week. Information Technology was the week's worst-performing sector, falling 3.3%, and it remains the weakest name on the three-month table with a modest 2.3% gain — well behind Industrials at 25.4% and Health Care at 17.6% over that same stretch. Energy's three-month return of -4.9% keeps it the only sector in negative territory on that horizon.
Screening results: transitions and fresh breakouts
The week's Stage 1-to-2 transitions that cleared the screen with the highest setup scores include MSTC Ltd and Vadilal Industries Ltd (both scoring 9.2), Bhageria Industries Ltd (9.2) and Nupur Recyclers Ltd (9.0) from Materials, and Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd at 8.8. Quadrant Future Tek Ltd from Information Technology scored 8.4 — notable given the sector's weekly weakness — alongside Stove Kraft Ltd in Consumer Discretionary and Lotus Eye Hospital and Institute Ltd in Health Care. On the fresh-breakout screen, Vadilal Industries Ltd leads at a setup score of 9.2, followed by Quadrant Future Tek Ltd at 8.4 and Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd at 7.6. Among sustained setups — names that have held Stage-2 structure across multiple sessions — Thangamayil Jewellery Ltd tops the list at 9.7, with S.P. Apparels Ltd and Va Tech Wabag Ltd both at 9.4. IND Swift Laboratories Ltd, Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd, Vadilal Industries Ltd, Nupur Recyclers Ltd and MSTC Ltd all hold scores of 9.0 or above. The full transition and sustained-setup tables are below.
What the breadth picture says
With 33.8% of the market in Stage 2 and the cohort having widened by 24.7 over the past 60 sessions, the structural trend is constructive despite the index sitting below its 200-day average. Fifty-three percent of stocks are above their 50-day average and 57.5% above their 20-day average, which means shorter-term momentum is ahead of the longer-term trend — a pattern consistent with a market that is recovering from the bottom up rather than being led by the index. One hundred and forty-one stocks closed the week at fresh 52-week highs against 61 at new lows, a net of plus 80, which supports the improving-but-narrow breadth label. The tape is not strong, but the internal flow this week ran clearly in one direction.
| Stock | Sector | Move | Setup |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSTC Ltd | Industrials | 1→2 | 9.2 |
| Vadilal Industries Ltd | Consumer Staples | 1→2 | 9.2 |
| Bhageria Industries Ltd | Materials | 1→2 | 9.2 |
| Nupur Recyclers Ltd | Materials | 1→2 | 9.0 |
| Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd | Communication Services | 1→2 | 8.8 |
| Quadrant Future Tek Ltd | Information Technology | 1→2 | 8.4 |
| Stove Kraft Ltd | Consumer Discretionary | 1→2 | 8.4 |
| Lotus Eye Hospital and Institute Ltd | Health Care | 1→2 | 8.3 |
| Stock | Sector | Setup | RS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thangamayil Jewellery Ltd | Consumer Discretionary | 9.7 | 98 |
| S.P.Apparels Ltd | Consumer Discretionary | 9.4 | 86 |
| Va Tech Wabag Ltd | Utilities | 9.4 | 88 |
| IND Swift Laboratories Ltd | Health Care | 9.2 | 96 |
| Mangal Credit and Fincorp Ltd | Financials | 9.2 | 74 |
| Vadilal Industries Ltd | Consumer Staples | 9.2 | 81 |
| Nupur Recyclers Ltd | Materials | 9.0 | 69 |
| MSTC Ltd | Industrials | 9.0 | 85 |
| Sector | 1D | 1M | 3M | RS | Stage 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Discretionary | +0.7% | +2.7% | +11.9% | 67 | 30% |
| Consumer Staples | +0.4% | -1.3% | +8.0% | 55 | 36% |
| Real Estate | +0.2% | +3.7% | +16.8% | 39 | 16% |
| Industrials | -0.1% | +4.5% | +25.4% | 71 | 37% |
| Health Care | -0.1% | +2.8% | +17.6% | 72 | 44% |
| Financials | -0.2% | +1.0% | +6.6% | 61 | 34% |
| Energy | -0.3% | -3.0% | -4.9% | 57 | 39% |
| Utilities | -0.7% | -1.7% | +7.0% | 63 | 33% |
| Information Technology | -0.7% | -3.2% | +2.3% | 32 | 23% |
| Materials | -0.9% | -3.5% | +10.8% | 68 | 39% |
| Communication Services | -0.9% | +0.8% | +12.1% | 61 | 18% |
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