The weight of trend, participation and relative evidence favours capital protection over new exposure.
28
technical evidence
out of 100
out of 100
Metal Fabrication
For the week ending 02 October 2026, Metal Fabrication declined 3.09% with 20 advancing, 61 declining, and 1 unchanged constituents.
- Index level
- 1,634.58 Index points · base 1,000
- Weekly return
- -3.09%
- Measured companies
- 82 82 in the index universe
- Weekly breadth
- 20 up / 61 down 1 unchanged
- Weekly peer rank
- 23 of 24
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156 completed weeks
Metal Fabrication price and trend
Current architecture
Unresolved
7 completed weeks in this state
Trend acceptance
-7.9%
Index versus Trend Line
Persistence
100%
Negative across every horizon
Participation
24%
20 advancing, 61 declining
Index Value
Trend Line
Fair Value
Activity Lines
Constructive Transition Defensive
Weekly index closes and the Trend Line. Dashed grey shows the latest Fair Value reference; it is not a historical forecast. Enable the other overlays for more detail.
Investor positioning lens
Is the evidence ready for capital?
A rules-based technical classification using trend, breadth, persistence, relative strength and path quality.
Evidence balance
Defensive
Five-pillar map
Trend
21
Breadth
34
Persistence
20
Relative
18
Risk quality
68
What supports the view
- No major confirming factor has secured control.
What restrains conviction
- Index trend architecture has not delivered a durable upward expansion.
- Breadth remains too narrow or inconsistent for a high-conviction position.
- Constituent persistence remains divided or predominantly negative.
- The group is not yet delivering dependable relative outperformance.
- Stage 4 declining constituents exceed Stage 2 advancing constituents by 71 percentage points.
This is a weekly research classification, not personal investment advice. Sentiment is reported as an independent confirmation layer and does not alter the technical score.
Trend state and durability
Architecture, persistence and constituent regimes
The index path is tested against the underlying security-level trend evidence.
The Activity Lines, Trend Line and price acceptance remain genuinely mixed.
State age7 weeks
Trend gateDown
Fan width3.86%
Fast versus slow change2.13 pts
Above 0%
Below 33%
Six completed weeks of price acceptance relative to the full Activity Line fan.
Index persistence
100% agreement
Negative across every horizon
The 13, 26, 39 and 52-week trends all point downward, confirming persistent contraction.
13-week
-13.0%
26-week
-5.0%
39-week
-9.2%
52-week
-7.6%
Constituent trend persistence
99% coverage
Is the index move broadly durable?
28%positive
Coherent positive4%
Coherent negative46%
Average horizon agreement82%
Positive horizon share24%
Weakening positives14
Repairing negatives11
81 constituents measured as of 2 Oct 2026. Median trend age is 13 weeks.
Custom stage map
99% coverage
Where constituents sit in the cycle
80%Stage 4
Stage 1 · Basing5%4 securities
Stage 2 · Advancing9%7 securities
Stage 3 · Distribution6%5 securities
Stage 4 · Declining80%65 securities
Re-acceleration watch1
Transition watch12
Relative strength leaders16%
Fair Value repairs2
Measured as of 2 Oct 2026. Stages summarize price, Activity Line architecture, Fair Value position and relative evidence.
Architecture breadth
75/100 mean confidence
How market energy is distributed
Architecture breadth shows the distribution of expanding, rotating, balancing and contracting securities. It is diagnostic context and is not added as a second vote in the positioning score.
Capital rotation
Performance relative to Industrials
Relative index
13-week relative trend
Starting level
The relative index starts at 100. Above 100 means this group has outperformed Industrials since the first plotted date; below 100 means it has lagged. A rising line can show relative improvement even when both markets are falling.
Relative index103.4
13-week trend104.2
4-week trend change-1.82%
Weekly peer rank23 of 24
1 week
-1.1 pts
relative
4 weeks
-1.3 pts
relative
13 weeks
-6.7 pts
relative
26 weeks
-0.3 pts
relative
52 weeks
-7.1 pts
relative
Market internals
Participation, dispersion and path risk
Equal-weight index evidence with constituent-level breadth and dispersion.
Breadth
Narrow
Participation quality
24%
advanced
- Advancing
- 20
- Declining
- 61
- Unchanged
- 1
Risk and persistence
52-week lens
Path quality
Annualised weekly volatility31.5%
Drawdown from 52-week high-19.9%
Positive weeks, last 1346%
Current directional run1 week
Turnover versus 13-week norm123%
Breadth impulse-21.2 pts
Cross-section
82 measured
Return distribution
25Below −5%30%
30−5% to −1%37%
12−1% to +1%15%
12+1% to +5%15%
3Above +5%4%
Weekly returns across measured companies. Bars are scaled to the largest group; percentages show each group’s share.
Q1 -5.9%
Median -2.9%
Q3 -0.1%
Average winner2.7%
Average loser-5.0%
Dispersion4.7 pts
Top-five upside share59%
Top-five capital share30%
Capital data coverage100%
Dispersion describes how far constituent outcomes are spreading apart. Capital concentration is contextual only; the index itself is equal weighted.
Momentum cycle
30-week price change
Index price change over 30 weeks, or the available history if shorter. Green above zero; red below.
Breadth cycle
Net participation
Advancers less decliners as a percentage of measured constituents.
Within the same sector
Where are returns broadly supported?
Compare the weekly result with the share of companies advancing.
↑ Companies advancing · 50% marks half of measured companies
−3.5%Weekly index return · zero at centre+3.5%
Compare return with participationHover or focus a marker for the full reading. Select it to open the report.
Markers show weekly return rank. Hover or focus for the name. Fine lines connect separated markers to their actual positions. Up, down and unchanged companies all count in participation.
| Rank / Industry | Weekly return | Advancing share | Up / down | Companies | Week ending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Industrial DistributionIndustrials | 2.10% | 100% | 4 / 0 | 4 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 2AirlinesIndustrials | 1.25% | 89% | 8 / 0 | 9 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 3Rental & Leasing ServicesIndustrials | 0.82% | 67% | 2 / 1 | 3 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 4Infrastructure OperationsIndustrials | 0.66% | 83% | 19 / 4 | 23 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 5Marine ShippingIndustrials | 0.24% | 61% | 22 / 12 | 36 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 6Security & Protection ServicesIndustrials | -0.52% | 36% | 8 / 13 | 22 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 7Airports & Air ServicesIndustrials | -0.59% | 60% | 3 / 2 | 5 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 8Engineering & ConstructionIndustrials | -0.64% | 53% | 77 / 67 | 144 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 9Integrated Freight & LogisticsIndustrials | -0.67% | 38% | 13 / 21 | 34 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 10RailroadsIndustrials | -0.85% | 46% | 18 / 18 | 39 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 11Farm & Heavy Construction MachineryIndustrials | -0.92% | 41% | 19 / 27 | 46 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 12TruckingIndustrials | -1.39% | 29% | 2 / 5 | 7 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 13Business Equipment & SuppliesIndustrials | -1.56% | 24% | 5 / 15 | 21 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 14Building Products & EquipmentIndustrials | -1.60% | 48% | 21 / 23 | 44 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 15Specialty Business ServicesIndustrials | -1.70% | 30% | 8 / 19 | 27 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 16Consulting ServicesIndustrials | -1.76% | 25% | 1 / 3 | 4 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 17Waste ManagementIndustrials | -1.84% | 38% | 20 / 32 | 53 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 18ConglomeratesIndustrials | -1.98% | 29% | 11 / 25 | 38 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 19Electrical Equipment & PartsIndustrials | -2.35% | 27% | 75 / 201 | 279 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 20Aerospace & DefenseIndustrials | -2.57% | 16% | 10 / 51 | 62 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 21Pollution & Treatment ControlsIndustrials | -2.58% | 20% | 6 / 22 | 30 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 22Specialty Industrial MachineryIndustrials | -2.73% | 23% | 96 / 317 | 420 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 23Metal FabricationIndustrials | -3.09% | 24% | 20 / 61 | 82 | 2 Oct 2026 |
| 24Tools & AccessoriesIndustrials | -3.52% | 15% | 6 / 35 | 41 | 2 Oct 2026 |
China · Weekly return relationships
Which markets move together?
Compare sectors and industries within China over the same 52-week window. Strong positive relationships can mean that apparently different holdings share the same risk.
Closest: Industrials and Consumer Cyclical (0.93; 51 weeks).
11 indexes · 55 qualifying pairsClosest: Specialty Industrial Machinery and Metal Fabrication (0.98; 51 weeks).
113 indexes · 6328 qualifying pairs−1 · Opposite0 · No linear link+1 · Together
Read the market at the top against the market at the left. The diagonal compares each index with itself. Up to 10 indexes are shown, ordered by constituent coverage. Select a cell to inspect a pair, or use the selectors for other markets.
Closest to the reference
Pearson correlation of weekly percentage returns through 2 Oct 2026: +1 means moving together, 0 little linear relationship, −1 moving in opposite directions. Requires 39 matching observations for the 52-week comparison and 10 for the recent 13 weeks. Missing weeks are excluded, not filled with zero. Constant series have no defined correlation. These are local-currency, capped equal-weight indexes; sectors and their component industries overlap. A lower correlation does not establish a hedge.
Sector correlations compare broad business groups. Industry correlations reveal closer links within and across sectors. The selectors retain all qualified groups; the matrix shows the ten largest by company coverage.
News and narrative
Does company news confirm the market tape?
Sentiment evidence is still developing
Qualified company-level news coverage is not yet broad enough to influence the group view.
0 qualified records across 82 measured constituents.Leadership tape
Leaders, laggards and contribution shape
Latest completed week, ranked on uncapped constituent returns.
Constituent ledger
Industry constituents
All 82 measured constituents, ranked by latest weekly return.
Rank
Ticker
Company
Exchange
Market cap
Close
Index contribution
Return
12
301063
Zhangjiagang Haiguo New Energy Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
SHZ
1.84B
18.71
0.02 pts
1.52%
36
301040
Zhangjiagang Zhonghuan Hailu High-End Equipment Co., Ltd.
SHZ
2.65B
25.93
-0.02 pts
-1.85%
45
001296
Chongqing Changjiang River Moulding Material (Group) Co., Ltd.
SHZ
2.89B
19.39
-0.04 pts
-3.00%
The index uses capped equal-weight weekly constituent returns. The ledger shows uncapped security returns so outliers remain visible for research.