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Are most stocks taking part?

Stocks above their 200-day average

50%
of stocks, 5 Oct 2026

Inside its usual range of 41% to 79%. The low is 1%, in October 2008. Down from 54% a year ago.

201020200%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Sept 2009usual range, 41% to 79%50%200520102015202020250%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Sept 2009usual range, 41% to 79%50%200520102015202020250%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Sept 2009usual range, 41% to 79%50%200520102015202020250%20%40%60%80%100%100%, Sept 2009usual range, 41% to 79%50%

What it is. The share of liquid NSE stocks trading above their average price of the last 200 sessions.

How to read it. A rough count of how many stocks are in long-term uptrends. When the index rises but this share falls, a few large stocks are carrying the market.

Source: NSE bhavcopy Method Data

The numbers

Latest50%5 Oct 2026
A week ago52%
A month ago60%
A year ago54%
Usual range41% to 79%
Median60%
Lowest1%24 Oct 2008
Highest100%7 Sept 2009
Percentile, full history35
Percentile, last 5 years35

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 2003. A percentile is the share of the 5,729 readings since 11 Sept 2003 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “Stocks above their 200-day average”, data to 5 Oct 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/stocks-above-200-dma/

Read it with

Stocks above their 50-day average 30%below usual
Net new 52-week highs −22below usual
Stocks 20% or more below their high 51%usual

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.