Headline strength is not yet confirmed by the current Activity Line energy and constituent trend mix.
64
technical evidence
out of 100
out of 100
Week Ending: 28 August 2026
India IN Consumer Defensive Industry
Packaged Foods
For the week ending 28 August 2026, Packaged Foods advanced 1.51% with 29 advancing, 24 declining, and 2 unchanged constituents. The index is equal weighted and the constituent tape shows uncapped security returns.
Current architecture
Upward Expansion
The activity fan is positively ordered above a rising Trend Line with price accepted above it.
64
technical evidence
Index4459.12
1 week1.51%
Breadth53%
Members55
Country
🇮🇳 India · IN
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Universe
country-listed
Price basis
Adjusted weekly close
Trend architecture
Index, activity fan and structural anchors
Rolling 156-week evidence. Trend Signal points mark weeks when price, trend and the activity fan confirmed together.
Index Value
Trend Line
Fair Value
Activity Lines
Constructive architecture
Transitional architecture
Defensive architecture
Current architecture
Upward Expansion
1 completed week in this state
Trend acceptance
6.6%
Index versus Trend Line
Persistence
100%
Positive across every horizon
Participation
53%
29 advancing, 24 declining
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
Wait
Five-pillar map
Trend
74
Breadth
49
Persistence
54
Relative
66
Risk quality
92
What supports the view
- The index remains above a constructive Trend gate.
- Medium-term relative returns and peer standing remain constructive.
What restrains conviction
- Breadth remains too narrow or inconsistent for a high-conviction position.
- Constituent persistence remains divided or predominantly negative.
- The current 13-week parent-relative trend is weakening.
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 fan is positively ordered above a rising Trend Line with price accepted above it.
State age1 weeks
Trend gateUp
Fan width2.51%
Fast versus slow change0.30 pts
Above 50%
Below 0%
Six completed weeks of price acceptance relative to the full Activity Line fan.
Index persistence
100% agreement
Positive across every horizon
The 13, 26, 39 and 52-week trends all point upward, giving the advance broad horizon agreement.
13-week
3.2%
26-week
12.3%
39-week
1.7%
52-week
3.2%
Constituent trend persistence
93% coverage
Is the index move broadly durable?
49%positive
Coherent positive33%
Coherent negative27%
Average horizon agreement84%
Positive horizon share56%
Weakening positives4
Repairing negatives10
51 constituents measured as of 28 Aug 2026. Median trend age is 26 weeks.
Custom stage map
91% coverage
Where constituents sit in the cycle
44%Stage 2
Stage 1 · Basing12%6 securities
Stage 2 · Advancing44%22 securities
Stage 3 · Distribution4%2 securities
Stage 4 · Declining40%20 securities
Re-acceleration watch0
Transition watch5
Relative strength leaders32%
Fair Value repairs5
Measured as of 28 Aug 2026. Stages summarize price, Activity Line architecture, Fair Value position and relative evidence.
Architecture breadth
78/100 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 Consumer Defensive
Relative index
13-week relative trend
Starting level
A rising relative line means this group is compounding faster than Consumer Defensive. A falling line means capital has done better in the parent benchmark.
Relative index108.8
13-week trend109.6
4-week trend change-0.36%
Weekly peer rank3 of 9
1 week
1.6 pts
relative
4 weeks
-1.1 pts
relative
13 weeks
-1.6 pts
relative
26 weeks
1.9 pts
relative
52 weeks
4.9 pts
relative
Market internals
Participation, dispersion and path risk
Equal-weight index evidence with constituent-level breadth and dispersion.
Breadth
Balanced
Participation quality
53%
advanced
- Advancing
- 29
- Declining
- 24
- Unchanged
- 2
Risk and persistence
52-week lens
Path quality
Annualised weekly volatility16.2%
Drawdown from 52-week high-1.6%
Positive weeks, last 1362%
Current directional run5 weeks
Turnover versus 13-week norm290%
Breadth impulse9.1 pts
Cross-section
55 measured
Return distribution
Q1 -2.3%
Median 0.2%
Q3 4.0%
Average winner5.3%
Average loser-3.0%
Dispersion5.8 pts
Top-five upside share48%
Top-five capital share72%
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 persistence
Positive readings show expansion. Negative readings show contraction.
Breadth cycle
Net participation
Advancers less decliners as a percentage of measured constituents.
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 55 measured constituents.Leadership tape
Leaders, laggards and contribution shape
Latest completed week, ranked on uncapped constituent returns.
Constituent ledger
Industry constituents
All 55 measured constituents, ranked by latest weekly return.
Rank
Ticker
Company
Exchange
Market cap
Close
Index contribution
Return
The index uses capped equal-weight weekly constituent returns. The ledger shows uncapped security returns so outliers remain visible for research.